The German Marshall Fund has just released its new annual Transatlantic Trends survey. It represents a perfect example of disinformation and manipulation of public opinions (both in the EU and in the USA). http://www.gmfus.org
For instance, one the ‘key finding’ is that a majority of French people would support, like the Americans, an attack of Iran, in relation with its nuclear programme. Not only is this ‘key finding’ in complete contradiction with what any French citizen can experience in his/her daily life, but it is in contradiction with other French or European indicators. For instance, for 6 months in a row, the GlobalEurometre, published by Europe 2020, has shown a growing opposition for any EU support to an attack on Iran by the USA, reaching a level of more than 90% (French being absolutely online with this huge majority of Europeans).
We all know that the Bush administration is trying to prepare its people and the world for an attack on Iran, but this GMF contribution to the manipulation of EU public opinions is a step too much.
First of all, let’s put things clear : The German Marshall Fund has nothing German, nor European. The GMF is an American institution with an American Board of Trustees. Its main office is in Washington, DC.[1] It is run by Americans, from Washington.
The only thing ‘German’ in the German Marshall Fund is the original money (its current annual budget is about 150 millions Dollars) which was given to the USA by the German government of Willy Brandt in 1972 as a gift for the 25th anniversary of the Marshall Plan.
For the rest, the GMF is a typical Washington operator, run by DC mainstream fat cats and serving the agenda of today’s Washington masters. Its role today is to sell the US political agenda in the EU. Nothing more, nothing less.
Second, such surveys as Transatlantic Trends, are only a tiny part of a much bigger iceberg because the main activity of the GMF today is to support the political agenda of the Bush administration within the EU society, by lobbying European opinion relays (journalists, politicians, Ngo leaders, academics, …) through grants, ‘field visits’, scholarships, invitations to seminars, … .[2]
For instance, the main funding source to promote Turkey’s accession to the EU media is the German Marshall Fund which spends millions of dollars to invite journalists in Turkey in order to ‘sell them Turkey’. This example, on a crucial EU political issue, illustrates the role of EU public opinion manipulation which has become the core GMF agenda.
(Please continue: http://www.newropeans-magazine.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4540&Itemid=110 )
For instance, one the ‘key finding’ is that a majority of French people would support, like the Americans, an attack of Iran, in relation with its nuclear programme. Not only is this ‘key finding’ in complete contradiction with what any French citizen can experience in his/her daily life, but it is in contradiction with other French or European indicators. For instance, for 6 months in a row, the GlobalEurometre, published by Europe 2020, has shown a growing opposition for any EU support to an attack on Iran by the USA, reaching a level of more than 90% (French being absolutely online with this huge majority of Europeans).
We all know that the Bush administration is trying to prepare its people and the world for an attack on Iran, but this GMF contribution to the manipulation of EU public opinions is a step too much.
First of all, let’s put things clear : The German Marshall Fund has nothing German, nor European. The GMF is an American institution with an American Board of Trustees. Its main office is in Washington, DC.[1] It is run by Americans, from Washington.
The only thing ‘German’ in the German Marshall Fund is the original money (its current annual budget is about 150 millions Dollars) which was given to the USA by the German government of Willy Brandt in 1972 as a gift for the 25th anniversary of the Marshall Plan.
For the rest, the GMF is a typical Washington operator, run by DC mainstream fat cats and serving the agenda of today’s Washington masters. Its role today is to sell the US political agenda in the EU. Nothing more, nothing less.
Second, such surveys as Transatlantic Trends, are only a tiny part of a much bigger iceberg because the main activity of the GMF today is to support the political agenda of the Bush administration within the EU society, by lobbying European opinion relays (journalists, politicians, Ngo leaders, academics, …) through grants, ‘field visits’, scholarships, invitations to seminars, … .[2]
For instance, the main funding source to promote Turkey’s accession to the EU media is the German Marshall Fund which spends millions of dollars to invite journalists in Turkey in order to ‘sell them Turkey’. This example, on a crucial EU political issue, illustrates the role of EU public opinion manipulation which has become the core GMF agenda.
(Please continue: http://www.newropeans-magazine.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4540&Itemid=110 )