The German newspaper Die Welt published an article with the headline, "Mit Bush, verlieren die Deustchen ihr Feindbild' ("With Bush, Germans lose their bogeyman'), which argues that Bush's prestige has deteriorated so much that Germans no longer think him important. According to Die Welt, this explains that lack of planned demonstrations during the German leg of Bush's current trip to Europe, compared with the large anti-Bush protests of the past.
