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13. godina bavljenja javnom nabavom i više od 80 provedenih postupaka javne nabave, izobrazbom i stečenim certifikatom specijalista javne nabave, daje mi za pravo da Vam mogu pomoći u svezi javne nabave.
From the University of Central Florida's Ad Club:
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President Barroso (down 7 points), and French Prime Minister Sarkozy (down 5
points). The positive opinions of most other leaders have slipped by two to four
percentage points, probably because of the economy.
Some world leaders have very few admirers.
Only a few people have good opinions of Iranian President Ahmadinejad (6% on
average), Syrian President al-Assad (8%), China President Hu Jintao (9%),
Russian President Medvedev (10%), and Venezuelan President Chavez (14%).
Some leaders are more popular abroad; others are popular in their own
countries.
Those with a good opinion of President Obama are higher across the six
countries than at home (80% vs. 68%). The same is true to some degree for
President Sarkozy (40% vs. 30%) and Prime Minister Brown (36% vs. 30%).
However, Prime Minister Berlusconi is much more popular at home (38%) than
across the six countries (17%). This is also true for Prime Minister Zapatero
(48% vs. 35%), and Chancellor Merkel (59% vs. 51%).
President Obama is also seen as the most influential world leader.
Fully 83%, on average across the six countries, believe President Obama has a
great deal or some influence at an international level. Other leaders who are
widely seen as influential are Russian President Putin (65% on average),
Chancellor Merkel (59%), President Sarkozy (59%), Prime Minister Brown (52%)
and Pope Benedict (51%).
The leaders on the list seen as the least influential are Syrian President al-Assad
(21%), and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (22%).
So What?
These new findings have several implications:
1. For years, many Americans were annoyed or embarrassed to learn how deeply
unpopular President Bush was in most countries around the world. Now they
can enjoy the warm glow of popularity that President Obama engenders abroad.
2. The very high opinion that so many people have of the Dalai Lama highlights a
problem for China. Chinese attempts to vilify him have failed to convince world
opinion, and he remains the highly regarded voice for the people of Tibet.
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3. The big difference between Prime Minister Berlusconi’s popularity in Italy and
across the six countries surely reflects his control over much of the Italian media.
4. The decline in popularity of Pope Benedict, which is the largest change for any
leader over the last four months, probably reflects his handling of Bishop
Williamson the so-called Holocaust denier.
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TABLE 1
GOOD OPINIONS OF WORLD LEADERS
“For each of the following people, please indicate whether you have a very good, somewhat
good, somewhat poor or very poor opinion of that person?”
Percent saying “Very/Somewhat good”
Base: All EU adults in five countries and U.S. adults
Average for
United Great
France Italy Spain Germany all 6
States Britain
countries
% % % % % % %
Barack Obama
68 86 86 84 85 72 80
(United States)
The Dalai Lama 62 78 84 78 76 64 74
Angela Merkel
25 66 69 62 59 26 51
(Germany)
Tony Blair (Great
65 51 60 37 46 30 48
Britain)
Nicolas Sarkozy
27 30 59 53 39 30 40
(France)
Pope Benedict XVI 56 24 49 31 42 33 39
Gordon Brown
37 35 49 35 28 30 36
(Great Britain)
Jose Luis Rodriguez
15 50 59 48 27 13 35
Zapatero (Spain)
Ban Ki-moon (United
17 36 43 34 37 29 33
Nations)
Jose Manuel
Barroso (European 13 35 48 39 35 11 30
Union)
Luiz Inacio Lula da
14 33 31 49 13 7 25
Silva (Brazil)
Silvio Berlusconi
16 7 38 16 12 13 17
(Italy)
Fidel Castro (Cuba) 9 11 29 12 17 19 16
Vladimir Putin
15 9 24 12 21 13 16
(Russia)
Hugo Chavez
8 27 18 10 12 11 14
(Venezuela)
Dmitri Medvedev
9 8 14 11 12 6 10
(Russia)
Hu Jintao (China) 9 6 12 10 7 11 9
Bashar al-Assad
6 5 13 8 8 6 8
(Syria)
Mahmoud
5 4 8 7 6 6 6
Ahmadinejad (Iran)
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TABLE 2
GOOD OPINIONS OF WORLD LEADERS – IN HOME COUNTRIES
“For each of the following people, please indicate whether you have a very good, somewhat
good, somewhat poor or very poor opinion of that person?”
Percent saying “Very/Somewhat good”
Base: All EU adults in five countries and U.S. adults
Rating In Average for all
Difference
Own Country 6 countries
% % %
Barack Obama (United States) 68 80 +12
Angela Merkel (Germany) 59 51 -8
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (Spain) 48 35 -13
Silvio Berlusconi (Italy) 38 17 -21
Gordon Brown (Great Britain) 30 36 +6
Nicolas Sarkozy (France) 30 40 +10
TABLE 3
GOOD OPINIONS OF WORLD LEADERS – TREND OF 6 COUNTRY AVERAGES
“For each of the following people, please indicate whether you have a very good, somewhat
good, somewhat poor or very poor opinion of that person?”
Percent saying “Very/Somewhat good”
Base: All EU adults in five countries and U.S. adults
Average for all 6 countries % Change
% % % from
November January Current November
Barack Obama (United States) N/A 80 80 0*
The Dalai Lama 71 77 74 +3
Angela Merkel (Germany) 54 53 51 -3
Tony Blair (Great Britain) 51 53 48 -3
Nicolas Sarkozy (France) 45 44 40 -5
Pope Benedict XVI 48 49 39 -9
Gordon Brown (Great Britain) 40 36 36 -4
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (Spain) 41 39 35 -6
Ban Ki-moon (United Nations) 36 35 33 -3
Jose Manuel Barroso (European Union) 37 33 30 -7
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (Brazil) 27 27 25 -2
Silvio Berlusconi (Italy) 20 18 17 -3
Fidel Castro (Cuba) 17 18 16 -1
Vladimir Putin (Russia) 17 17 16 -1
Hugo Chavez (Venezuela) 16 17 14 -2
Dmitri Medvedev (Russia) 12 11 10 -2
Hu Jintao (China) 10 9 9 -1
Bashar al-Assad (Syria) 10 9 8 -2
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (Iran) 7 6 6 -1
*Note: The percentage change for Barack Obama is being measured from January to the
present.
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TABLE 4
GOOD OPINIONS OF WORLD LEADERS - UNITED STATES
“For each of the following people, please indicate whether you have a very good, somewhat
good, somewhat poor or very poor opinion of that person?”
Percent saying “Very/Somewhat good”
Base: All U.S. adults
% Change
% % %
from
November January Current
November
Barack Obama (United States) N/A 71 68 -3 *
The Dalai Lama 60 66 62 +2
Angela Merkel (Germany) 30 27 25 -5
Tony Blair (Great Britain) 65 69 65 0
Nicolas Sarkozy (France) 36 29 27 -9
Pope Benedict XVI 55 66 56 +1
Gordon Brown (Great Britain) 42 35 37 -5
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (Spain) 20 19 15 -5
Ban Ki-moon (United Nations) 19 18 17 -2
Jose Manuel Barroso (European
20 13 13 -7
Union)
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (Brazil) 16 14 14 -2
Silvio Berlusconi (Italy) 20 19 16 -4
Fidel Castro (Cuba) 8 10 9 +1
Vladimir Putin (Russia) 18 19 15 -3
Hugo Chavez (Venezuela) 9 13 8 -1
Dmitri Medvedev (Russia) 10 11 9 -1
Hu Jintao (China) 10 10 9 -1
Bashar al-Assad (Syria) 6 7 6 0
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (Iran) 5 7 5 0
*Note: The percentage change for Barack Obama is being measured from January to the
present.
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TABLE 5
GOOD OPINIONS OF WORLD LEADERS - FRANCE
“For each of the following people, please indicate whether you have a very good, somewhat
good, somewhat poor or very poor opinion of that person?”
Percent saying “Very/Somewhat good”
Base: All French adults
% Change
% % %
from
November January Current
November
Barack Obama (United States) N/A 88 86 -2 *
The Dalai Lama 79 86 78 -1
Angela Merkel (Germany) 70 70 66 -4
Tony Blair (Great Britain) 52 59 51 -1
Nicolas Sarkozy (France) 40 39 30 -10
Pope Benedict XVI 41 37 24 -17
Gordon Brown (Great Britain) 41 40 35 -6
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (Spain) 57 58 50 -7
Ban Ki-moon (United Nations) 43 42 36 -7
Jose Manuel Barroso (European
40 39 35 -5
Union)
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (Brazil) 32 39 33 +1
Silvio Berlusconi (Italy) 9 6 7 -2
Fidel Castro (Cuba) 12 14 11 -1
Vladimir Putin (Russia) 8 8 9 +1
Hugo Chavez (Venezuela) 31 35 27 -4
Dmitri Medvedev (Russia) 7 8 8 +1
Hu Jintao (China) 7 4 6 -1
Bashar al-Assad (Syria) 7 7 5 -2
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (Iran) 5 3 4 -1
*Note: The percentage change for Barack Obama is being measured from January to the
present.
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TABLE 6
GOOD OPINIONS OF WORLD LEADERS – ITALY
“For each of the following people, please indicate whether you have a very good, somewhat
good, somewhat poor or very poor opinion of that person?”
Percent saying “Very/Somewhat good”
Base: All Italian adults
% Change
% % %
from
November January Current
November
Barack Obama (United States) N/A 87 86 -1 *
The Dalai Lama 80 83 84 +4
Angela Merkel (Germany) 73 71 69 -4
Tony Blair (Great Britain) 65 61 60 -5
Nicolas Sarkozy (France) 60 63 59 -1
Pope Benedict XVI 55 55 49 -6
Gordon Brown (Great Britain) 49 43 49 0
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (Spain) 65 61 59 -6
Ban Ki-moon (United Nations) 43 40 43 0
Jose Manuel Barroso (European
52 46 48 -4
Union)
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (Brazil) 36 35 31 -5
Silvio Berlusconi (Italy) 43 39 38 -5
Fidel Castro (Cuba) 25 29 29 +4
Vladimir Putin (Russia) 24 27 24 0
Hugo Chavez (Venezuela) 22 23 18 -4
Dmitri Medvedev (Russia) 14 15 14 0
Hu Jintao (China) 10 11 12 +2
Bashar al-Assad (Syria) 15 12 13 -2
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (Iran) 6 8 8 +2
*Note: The percentage change for Barack Obama is being measured from January to the
present.
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TABLE 7
GOOD OPINIONS OF WORLD LEADERS – SPAIN
“For each of the following people, please indicate whether you have a very good, somewhat
good, somewhat poor or very poor opinion of that person?”
Percent saying “Very/Somewhat good”
Base: All Spanish adults
% Change
% % %
from
November January Current
November
Barack Obama (United States) N/A 82 84 +2 *
The Dalai Lama 70 83 78 +8
Angela Merkel (Germany) 59 63 62 +3
Tony Blair (Great Britain) 39 46 37 -2
Nicolas Sarkozy (France) 53 62 53 0
Pope Benedict XVI 34 39 31 -3
Gordon Brown (Great Britain) 42 36 35 -7
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (Spain) 50 52 48 -2
Ban Ki-moon (United Nations) 41 39 34 -7
Jose Manuel Barroso (European
49 46 39 -10
Union)
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (Brazil) 50 51 49 -1
Silvio Berlusconi (Italy) 20 20 16 -4
Fidel Castro (Cuba) 15 15 12 -3
Vladimir Putin (Russia) 15 15 12 -3
Hugo Chavez (Venezuela) 11 11 10 -1
Dmitri Medvedev (Russia) 13 12 11 -2
Hu Jintao (China) 16 16 10 -6
Bashar al-Assad (Syria) 14 13 8 -6
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (Iran) 9 9 7 -2
*Note: The percentage change for Barack Obama is being measured from January to the
present.
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GOOD OPINIONS OF WORLD LEADERS – GERMANY
“For each of the following people, please indicate whether you have a very good, somewhat
good, somewhat poor or very poor opinion of that person?”
Percent saying “Very/Somewhat good”
Base: All German adults
% Change
% % %
from
November January Current
November
Barack Obama (United States) N/A 84 85 +1 *
The Dalai Lama 77 83 76 -1
Angela Merkel (Germany) 63 63 59 -4
Tony Blair (Great Britain) 50 49 46 -4
Nicolas Sarkozy (France) 48 42 39 -9
Pope Benedict XVI 59 60 42 -17
Gordon Brown (Great Britain) 34 29 28 -6
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (Spain) 36 27 27 -9
Ban Ki-moon (United Nations) 39 40 37 -2
Jose Manuel Barroso (European
46 40 35 -11
Union)
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (Brazil) 16 14 13 -3
Silvio Berlusconi (Italy) 14 13 12 -2
Fidel Castro (Cuba) 21 19 17 -4
Vladimir Putin (Russia) 25 21 21 -4
Hugo Chavez (Venezuela) 14 11 12 -2
Dmitri Medvedev (Russia) 18 11 12 -6
Hu Jintao (China) 8 7 7 -1
Bashar al-Assad (Syria) 9 7 8 -1
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (Iran) 8 5 6 -2
*Note: The percentage change for Barack Obama is being measured from January to the
present.
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GOOD OPINIONS OF WORLD LEADERS – GREAT BRITAIN
“For each of the following people, please indicate whether you have a very good, somewhat
good, somewhat poor or very poor opinion of that person?”
Percent saying “Very/Somewhat good”
Base: All U.K. adults
% Change
% % %
from
November January Current
November
Barack Obama (United States) N/A 70 72 +2 *
The Dalai Lama 61 62 64 +3
Angela Merkel (Germany) 28 24 26 -2
Tony Blair (Great Britain) 37 32 30 -7
Nicolas Sarkozy (France) 31 31 30 -1
Pope Benedict XVI 41 38 33 -8
Gordon Brown (Great Britain) 33 32 30 -3
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (Spain) 16 15 13 -3
Ban Ki-moon (United Nations) 29 28 29 0
Jose Manuel Barroso (European
16 13 11 -5
Union)
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (Brazil) 9 8 7 -2
Silvio Berlusconi (Italy) 16 11 13 -3
Fidel Castro (Cuba) 19 18 19 0
Vladimir Putin (Russia) 13 11 13 0
Hugo Chavez (Venezuela) 10 11 11 +1
Dmitri Medvedev (Russia) 9 6 6 -3
Hu Jintao (China) 10 8 11 +1
Bashar al-Assad (Syria) 7 5 6 -1
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (Iran) 7 6 6 -1
*Note: The percentage change for Barack Obama is being measured from January to the
present.
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TABLE 10
WORLD LEADERS WHO ARE INFLUENTIAL
“For each of the following international personalities, how much influence do you think they have
at an international level?”
Percent Saying “A Great deal/Some influence”
Base: All EU adults in five countries and U.S. adults
Average
United Great
France Italy Spain Germany for all 6
States Britain
countries
% % % % % % %
Barack Obama
82 84 87 85 86 75 83
(United States)
Vladimir Putin
55 65 74 68 75 53 65
(Russia)
Angela Merkel
33 67 70 75 70 39 59
(Germany)
Nicolas Sarkozy
36 58 74 76 65 44 59
(France)
Gordon Brown
45 46 63 60 44 52 52
(Great Britain)
Pope Benedict XVI 62 30 72 61 41 40 51
Hu Jintao
41 51 55 50 45 42 47
(China)
Tony Blair
54 38 51 58 45 28 46
(Great Britain)
Jose Manuel Barroso
30 41 54 48 43 33 42
(European Union)
Ban Ki-moon
35 40 49 45 36 41 41
(United Nations)
The Dalai Lama 41 34 52 44 31 32 39
Dmitri Medvedev
35 39 38 41 48 27 38
(Russia)
Silvio Berlusconi
22 29 51 52 38 26 36
(Italy)
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
37 29 47 33 28 27 34
(Iran)
Jose Luis Rodriguez
20 34 55 39 24 20 32
Zapatero (Spain)
Hugo Chavez
35 29 26 36 14 15 26
(Venezuela)
Fidel Castro
29 16 31 28 16 18 23
(Cuba)
Luiz Inacio Lula da
21 22 28 37 14 12 22
Silva (Brazil)
Bashar al-Assad
22 20 26 23 15 17 21
(Syria)
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POPULARITY/INFLUENCE INDEX**
Base: All EU adults in five countries and U.S. adults
Popularity Influence Popularity/
(Very +Somewhat A great deal of influence average
good opinion) +Some influence) index
% * % * % *
Barack Obama (United States) 80 0 83 0 82 0
The Dalai Lama 74 -3 39 -4 56 -4
Angela Merkel (Germany) 51 -2 59 -1 55 -2
Nicolas Sarkozy (France) 40 -4 59 -3 49 -4
Tony Blair (Great Britain) 48 -5 46 -2 47 -4
Pope Benedict XVI 39 -10 51 -3 45 -7
Gordon Brown (Great Britain) 36 0 52 0 44 0
Vladimir Putin (Russia) 16 -1 65 -4 40 -3
Ban Ki-moon (United Nations) 33 -2 41 -1 37 -2
Jose Manuel Barroso (European Union) 30 -3 42 -2 36 -3
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (Spain) 35 -4 32 -1 34 -2
Hu Jintao (China) 9 0 47 0 28 0
Silvio Berlusconi (Italy) 17 -1 36 +1 27 0
Dmitri Medvedev (Russia) 10 -1 38 -2 24 -2
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (Brazil) 25 -2 22 0 23 -2
Hugo Chavez (Venezuela) 14 -3 26 -2 20 -3
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (Iran) 6 0 34 0 20 0
Fidel Castro (Cuba) 16 -2 23 -2 20 -2
Bashar al-Assad (Syria) 8 -1 21 0 14 -1
* Note: A * indicates a percentage change from January.
**This index is the sum of the two measures divided by two.
Methodology
This Harris Interactive/France 24/International Herald Tribune study was conducted
online by Harris Interactive among a total of 6,538 adults (aged 16-64) within France
(1,067), Germany (1,060), Great Britain (1,226), Spain (1,098) and the United States
(1,057), and adults (aged 18-64) in Italy (1,030) between February 25 and March 3
2009. Figures for age, sex, education, region and Internet usage were weighted where
necessary to bring them into line with their actual proportions in the population.
Propensity score weighting was used to adjust for respondents’ propensity to be online.
All sample surveys and polls, whether or not they use probability sampling, are subject
to multiple sources of error which are most often not possible to quantify or estimate,
including sampling error, coverage error, error associated with nonresponse, error
associated with question wording and response options, and post-survey weighting and
adjustments. Therefore, Harris Interactive avoids the words “margin of error” as they are
misleading. All that can be calculated are different possible sampling errors with different
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composition of the adult populations of the respective countries. Because the sample is
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