The approval of the United States' leadership among NATO countries dropped significantly in 2025, according to the results of a Gallup poll released on Thursday.
Washington's image with its partners in the post-World War II alliance weakened in the past year, with the median approval falling 14 percentage points to 21 percent across 31 nations.
The Gallup analysis says the low level of support for U.S. leadership is similar to what it found during Donald Trump's first presidency.
Perception of Washington's leadership decreased dramatically in Germany and Portugal, dropping 39 and 38 percentage points, respectively, from their 2024 figures.
The decline in approval was less steep in the UK, Italy and France.
The poll was conducted before Trump stepped up his push to take over Greenland.
Poll suggests dramatic drop in approval of U.S. leadership among NATO allies
Poll suggests dramatic drop in approval of U.S. leadership among NATO allies
Poll suggests dramatic drop in approval of U.S. leadership among NATO allies
Spanish health authorities on Friday identified a second monitored contact linked to the hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship MV Hondius after tracing a woman living in Catalonia who had shared a flight with a Dutch traveler died from the virus.
Spain's Center for Coordination of Health Alerts and Emergencies said the woman is asymptomatic and was initially missed during contact tracing because of a seat change on the aircraft.
According to health authorities, the woman now meets the criteria for monitored contact under a newly approved national surveillance protocol and will remain under medical observation.
This came after the suspected case of hantavirus detected in Alicante. Spanish Secretary of State for Health Javier Padilla said on Friday that the health authorities had taken relevant measures.
In addition, Padilla confirmed that all 14 Spanish passengers aboard the MV Hondius had agreed to undergo voluntary quarantine measures in order to minimize the risk of further transmission.
The Dutch-operated expedition cruise ship, currently heading toward Spain's Canary Islands, has so far been linked to three deaths.
Padilla said a team from the Spanish Health Ministry would travel to Tenerife on Saturday ahead of the ship's expected arrival on Sunday.
Passengers are expected to disembark by small boats before being transferred under strict isolation measures. Spanish citizens aboard the vessel will be transported to Madrid for quarantine observation.
The British Health Security Agency announced Friday that a suspected hantavirus case has been detected on the South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha, linked to the ongoing outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship.
The vessel stopped at Tristan da Cunha between April 13 and 15.
Spain identifies second suspected hantavirus case linked to cruise ship outbreak
