Guardian Europe poll: what they think of us

What do our neighbours think of us?

According to the latest results from the Guardian/ICM Europe poll shows that we are loved and distrusted in almost equal measure - and that we really don't have very high opinions of ourselves.

The poll is of more than 5,000 people (you can read the previous results on the economy here) and carried out online by the Guardian's established polling partner, ICM

As Julian Glover writes today:

This country is not without European friends. We may even suffer from false modesty about our standing: the British are less likely to think that the UK is well-regarded around the world than other Europeans. Overall, almost half of people polled think Britain is well-regarded. Less than a fifth disagree

We're no longer seen as the home of fair play, we're insular and not that important in world politics - or a force for good in the world.

The key results are:

• less than 25% of the French say they admire Britain; more than one-third say the opposite.By contrast, a third of Germans and Poles and almost a third of people in Spain say they admire Britain, while less than 25% say the opposite
• 56% of Germans think Britain is more insular than its European neighbours - and 36% of us agree with them
• 37% of Britons think the UK is well-regarded by the the rest of the world (all the other countries surveyed rated us more highly)
• 34% of French people surveyed think Britain plays a negative role in the EU; only 12% of Poles agree
• 24% of Spaniards think the Britain is characterised by honesty and integrity; 17% of Germans think the same
• 26% of Europeans think British foreign policy is a force for good in the world

The full data is below - what can you do with it?

Data summary

What they think of us
Question	ALL	UK	GERMANY	FRANCE	SPAIN	POLAND
Great Britain is a country I would like to visit	67	n/a	60	63	69	76
Great Britain is a country I would NOT like to visit	12	n/a	18	15	9	7
Great Britain has an insular outlook in comparison to other countries in Europe	48	36	56	54	54	39
Great Britain does NOT have an insular outlook in comparison to other countries in Europe	15	19	11	10	7	27
Great Britain is well-regarded by the rest of the world	49	37	40	41	60	66
Great Britain is NOT well-regarded by the rest of the world	18	36	20	17	11	9
On the whole, the role Great Britain plays within the EU is a negative one	25	31	24	34	23	12
On the whole, the role Great Britain plays within the EU is a positive one	32	27	31	20	31	49
Great Britain is a country I admire	34	47	33	22	29	39
Great Britain is a country I do NOT admire	26	23	23	35	25	23
Great Britain is no longer an influential player in world politics	41	47	45	36	36	39
Great Britain is an influential player in world politics	26	30	21	23	27	31
Great Britain is characterised by honesty and integrity	23	30	17	24	22	24
Great Britain is NOT characterised by honesty and integrity	27	33	26	25	26	27
British foreign policy is a force for good in the world	26	32	15	24	33	27
British foreign policy is NOT a force for good in the world	24	24	29	26	19	22
SOURCE: ICM