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Germany–Greece relations
Bilateral relations / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Greece has an embassy in Berlin and five General Consulates in Hamburg, Munich, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart and Frankfurt. Germany has an embassy in Athens and a General Consulate in Thessaloniki. Both countries are full members of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, European Union, NATO, and the Eurozone.
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Germany was quite popular in Greece before the Greek government-debt crisis; 78.5% of Greeks had a positive opinion of Germany in 2005. By 2010, 29% shared that opinion.[1]
Today, Germany’s image in Greece has rebounded and significantly improved. In 2012, 49% of Greeks had a very unfavorable opinion of Germany, but by 2021 this number decreased to 29%. German chancellor Angela Merkel was viewed in a very negative light by 76% of Greeks in 2012. By 2021, it was 45%.[2]