A report concludes that the image of Spain in the world "has deteriorated"

A report of the Royal Elcano Institute concludes that the image of Spain in the world in the past three years had "deteriorated" due largely to the economic situation and the "contagion effect" of the Greek debt crisis.

Analysis of Elcano, one of the centers of most important Spain, international studies points out that the "loss of reputation" is given in a general context of "deterioration of the majority of developed countries" because of the bailouts of Greece, Portugal and Ireland.

The basis of the Real Instituto Elcano, disclosed on its web page, document is the report Center Reputation Institute presented at the end of the month of September.

In that study, it is stated that Spain had retreated four posts on 2010 and had become the fifteenth position among the countries with better image in the world, led by Canada, Sweden, Australia, Switzerland and New Zealand.

In 2009, Spain u000aHe was 10th place in the standings, in which there are around fifty countries.

In view of the authors of the report, "the image of Spain has deteriorated in recent times seem hardly questionable fact".

Considered to be "obvious" that the Spanish economy has worsened and that, although he has not had to be rescued, it has been affected by that call syndrome PIGS", abbreviation of Portugal, Ireland, Greece and Spain.

On the positive side, the authors suggest that the perception of Spain has fallen, although much less than the Greece, but on the contrary, emphasize that the deterioration is "similar" to the Ireland and Portugal.

"With which one can speak of a clear contagion effect and a 'performative' effect of the label of PIGS, that has contaminated the image of our country", argue.

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