France named as most arrogant nation in European Union

France has rated itself as most arrogant among eight European Union nations in a new survey.

But in the same poll, it also said it was the least arrogant-a twist The Guardian called a "display of Gallic insouciance."

The findings in the Pew Research Center's "Stereotyping in Europe" poll were part of an overall survey of European attitudes, titled "The New Sick Man of Europe: the European Union."

The study showed that old notions and animosities still appeared to thrive across borders in the EU's struggle for unity amid debt recovery, the Telegraph noted.

Pew polled 7,646 citizens from Germany, France, Poland, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, Greece, Italy, and Spain, the Huffington Post reported.

Germany was rated most trustworthy, and it also eclipsed France as most arrogant among the majority of countries polled.

Every nation rated itself as the most compassionate, while Germany was generally considered by other countries to be the least compassionate.