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George W. Bush at least begins to see the light: This is the impression the Germans got from the media coverage of Bush’s visit to the Old Continent and to Germany in February. According to the regular Politbarometer poll of Forschungsgruppe Wahlen about 71% of the respondents regard the German- U.S. relations as positive, up from 32% in February 2003. But for the German public this has nothing to do with a changed opinion about the president himself. On the contrary: the image of the President has not improved notably.