Germans agree that France and U.S. are top foreign policy partners is the most or second- most important partner for German foreign policy
About six-in-ten Germans name France as one of their country’s top two foreign policy partners, while roughly one-third name the U.S. These results are consistent across a range of political parties: Supporters of the CDU/CSU, their coalition partner the SPD, the Left Party and the Greens all rank France and the U.S. as Germany’s most important foreign policy allies.
Russia and China rank third and fourth, respectively, as the most important foreign policy partner across selected political parties except for the Greens, where these countries’ rankings are reversed.
Germans agree that France and U.S. are top foreign policy partners  | is the most or second- most important partner for German foreign policy  | Total  | CDU/CSU  | SPSD  | Left Party  | Greens  | France  | France  | 61%  | 76%  | 66%  | 70%  | 69%  | U.S.  | U.S.  | 35  | 33  | 28  | 39  | 45  | Russia  | China  | 13  | 18  | 22  | 12  | China  | Russia  | 10  | 18  | 10  | 12  | 13  | Note: Combined responses Only top four countries shown.  | Source: German results from Korber-Stiftung survey conducted Sept. 13-26. 2018.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 