Unhappy Europeans
Unhappy Europeans are less so, according to the Global Attitudes survey. In news that will be welcomed by the many Americans concerned at the state of the continent, all major European countries showed a marked improvement in personal satisfaction. France of all places, went from 36% happy in 1991 to 57% in 2002.
This despite lingering unemployment, the stifling of entrepreneurial energy, rising racial tension, the moral bankruptcy of the French political class, the humiliation of some of the country's most ambitious companies, bitterness at France's declining role in the world -- and the general misery of everyday existence in that desperate country. Introduction and Summary: What the World Thinks in 2002 [Pew]
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