With the new Greek government negotiating at the ever-important Eurogroup and European Council meetings in January and February, we examined Google search volume for the most important figures.
In thee graph below, you can see German Chancellor, AngelaMerkel (Green) has remained at the top of the worldwide search focus, while the new Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras (Blue), and Finance Minister, Yanis Varoufakis(Red)have also become leading internet figures. Meanwhile, searches for all of European Commission President, Jean-Claude Juncker, ECB President, Mario Draghi, and Eurogroup Chairman,JeroenDijsselbloem (yellow), combined trail.
Date |
alexis tsipras+tsipras |
yanis varoufakis+varoufakis |
jeroen dijsselbloem+dijsselbloem+mario draghi+draghi+jean-claude juncker+juncker |
angela merkel+merkel |
Jan 4 – 10, 2015 |
5 |
1 |
12 |
43 |
Jan 11 – 17, 2015 |
5 |
1 |
13 |
69 |
Jan 18 – 24, 2015 |
12 |
1 |
43 |
48 |
Jan 25 – 31, 2015 |
100 |
39 |
21 |
47 |
Feb 1 – 7, 2015 |
32 |
60 |
15 |
70 |
Feb 8 – 14, 2015 |
26 |
32 |
12 |
75 |
Feb 15 – 21, 2015 |
18 |
35 |
13 |
48 |
Feb 22 – 28, 2015 (partial data) |
13 |
36 |
13 |
39 |