Neighbourly relations

A survey conducted by Gazeta Wyborcza suggests there is some fence-mending to do with the neighbours. The nearest are not necessarily the dearest. Among our new partners, only 38% of the nation warms to the Germans, 38% to Lithuanians, 42% to Slovaks, although Czechs fare best at 50%. It seems the further away you are, the better you are liked. So Americans are rewarded with 55%, Italians 54%, the British 53% and the French 52%. The Anglicy, uniquely, are becoming more popular. Russians rate a miserable 24%, a sliver better than Ukrainians, at 23%. Is there xenophobia at work here? Arabs and Africans score poorly, though very few Poles have ever met any in the everyday course of events, still less Jews, who are disliked by 46%. There are about 1,400 people of Jewish faith living among 39 million who are mostly Catholics.