Transatlantic Trends is an annual public opinion survey examining American and European attitudes toward the transatlantic relationship. A project of the German Marshall Fund of the United States and the Compagnia di San Paolo, with additional support provided by Fundação Luso-Americana, Fundación BBVA, and the Tipping Point Foundation, this year’s survey examines what citizens on both sides of the Atlantic think about a broad range of topics. Slovakia has been included into this unique comparative survey since 2004. Institute for Public Affairs is local partner of GMF in analyzing data and preparing release and presentations in Slovakia.
Slovak release of Transatlantic Trends 2007 took place on September 6, 2007 at the Slovak Foreign Policy Association. Pavol Demeš, Director of GMF, Central and Eastern Europe office in Bratislava and Oľga Gyárfášová, Program director of IVO presented the findings. Mr. Antonino Provenzano, Ambassador of Italy and Mr. Lawrence R.Silverman, DCM of the U.S. Embassy, commented the results.