Opinion Research
The German Marshall Fund produces two transatlantic surveys of public opinion each year in an effort to gauge the transatlantic relationship and transatlantic feeling on an array of foreign and domestic issues. The survey results are often used by a diverse group of stakeholders including policymakers, academics, and journalists.
Transatlantic Trends
Transatlantic Trends (www.transatlantictrends.org), established in 2002, surveys issues of politics, foreign policy, current events, and general attitudes of publics in the United States and 12 European countries. Transatlantic Trends is released in early September each year.
Transatlantic Trends: Immigration
Transatlantic Trends: Immigration (www.transatlantictrends.org/immigration), launched in 2008, is an annual public opinion survey that examines attitudes and policy preferences related to immigration in Europe, Canada, and the United States. It targets policy areas relevant in all countries surveyed and makes concerted efforts to disseminate the results to policymakers, the media, and the broader public of stakeholders in immigration debates.
Perspectives on Trade and Poverty Reduction
Perspectives on Trade and Poverty Reduction was an annual survey conducted by GMF’ Economic Policy program. The survey focused on transatlantic public opinion on international trade, economic development, and poverty reduction. Conducted in France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, it also explored views on agricultural policies, immigration, and aid to and trade with developing countries. The survey concluded in 2007 after three years.


In this podcast, GMF Senior Transatlantic Fellow Bruce Stokes interviews Pawel Swieboda, President of demosEUROPA in Warsaw, Poland, about how the European debt crisis will change EU-Asia relations.

