U.S. Stance Toward Russia Again Divides Europe

Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, new fissures are emerging between Western and Eastern Europe this time over President Obama’s policy toward Russia, according to an international survey published Wednesday.

A German police officer watched President Obama’s helicopter arrive in Baden-Baden in April.

The survey, Transatlantic Trends, an annual poll of European and American public opinion conducted for the German Marshall Fund of the United States, found that Europeans, far from speaking with one voice on foreign policy issues, are divided over the role of the United States and how to respond to the growing assertiveness of Russia.

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