Given a document and an entity the task is to select the author's sentiment towards the entity. Sentiments can be Positive, Neutral and Negative. Select Positive if the article expresses a positive view towards the given entity or praises its quality or skills. Select Neutral if the document expresses no clear view towards the entity or has equal amounts of positive and negative statements or expressing some fact/quote by someone else. Select Negative if the article expresses a negative view towards like harsh remarks, criticizing entities action/decision etc. Note that URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
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Question: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Michel Barnier ? Ministers from the 27 other states took just two minutes in Brussels to endorse new instructions to their negotiator Michel Barnier  who will launch talks soon with the aim of sealing a transition package within a couple of months.
Pressed on how that might work   Barnier  said the offer was principally in Britainâs interests and not open to significant negotiation:
âThe United Kingdom must acknowledge these rules of the game and accept them from the outset â  he  told reporters.
European Union's chief Brexit negotiator  Michel Barnier  attends a meeting of European Union Home/European affairs ministers in Brussels  Belgium January 29  2018. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
 Barnier  said this timetable was still subject to May and  her  ministers agreeing a plan among themselves and presenting it to Brussels -- and also depends on finalizing many issues on the divorce treaty.
 Barnier  said: âI want to remind you  without agreement on all the withdrawal issues  there is no transition.â
 He  also made clear that talks on the future relationship might start after an EU summit in late March -- but only if May spells out what she wants in time for Brussels to put together its own responses. An outline trade package could then be agreed by the time the divorce and transition deal is ready in October.
Showing some willingness to be flexible  the EU ministers are open to extending the transition period if need be to reach a trade pact -- though  Barnier  warned it could not be very long -- and also voiced a will to endorse Britain concluding trade agreements with other countries before the transition ends.

Answer: Positive


Question: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Dmitry Medvedev ? Russian President Dmitry Medvedev after his meetings with Hu also underscored the importance of coordinated regional measures to combat the global crisis.
 "Of course  today our attention is centred on those measures necessary to prevent or minimise the negative influences of the global financial crisis  which of course have an effect on our bilateral ties " Medvedev said.
 "The main goal is not only to preserve the relations existing between our states  but to give them a new impulse " he added.
 Medvedev hailed Hu's visit as "friendly and constructive " adding these were qualities "that characterise relations between our two countries."
 The Chinese president ended his talks with the Russian for "Thank You".
 Medvedev and Putin did not mention these figures  instead citing bilateral trade with China worth over 55 billion dollars in 2008.
 China and Russia also agreed to boost the use of their domestic currencies in trade  Medvedev added  as Moscow seeks to lessen the global dominance of the US dollar.
 "Another very important task -- which today has become very timely -- is the question of using national currencies in mutual payments " he said. "We agreed to take additional measures in this direction."

Answer: Positive


Question: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Rodrigo Duterte ? MANILA  Philippines -- Human rights groups condemned  the Philippine president  on Tuesday for saying that troops should shoot female communist rebels in the genitals to render them "useless " which they said could encourage sexual violence and war crimes. The left-wing group Karapatan said  President Rodrigo Duterte  "has distinguished himself as a frothing-in-the-mouth fascist who incites the worst violations of international humanitarian law."
 Duterte 's remarks "are but the latest of the series of this madman's display of tyranny  lunacy and machismo " Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay said.
In a rambling speech before surrendered communist rebels   Duterte  spoke about the futility of their decades-old insurgency and how  his  administration can help them return to normal life.
 Duterte  asked why even women join the insurgency and abandon their families.
At one point   he  said without elaborating: "Tell the soldiers. There's a new order coming from the mayor. We won't kill you. We will just shoot your vagina so that ... if there is no vagina  it would be useless."
 Duterte  spoke in the Bisaya dialect. An official transcript of the president's speech issued by the government omitted the word "vagina" and expletives from his remarks.
A longtime mayor of southern Davao city  where he built a reputation for his extra-tough approach to criminality and his brash  often sex-laden remarks   Duterte  has acknowledged  his  rough ways but suggested many Filipinos have come to accept  him .
Western governments and human rights watchdogs have expressed alarm over  his  crackdown on illegal drugs  which has left thousands of mostly poor suspects dead.  He  has lashed out at critics  including European governments  which  he  told Monday "to go to hell" for imposing conditions on financial aid.
 Duterte  said  he  has told European officials  he  won't attend an upcoming meeting between Southeast Asian and European leaders.
"They say that I have a bad mouth. It's true. They say that I'm not a statesman  not fit for a president  and that's true  " Duterte  said in a speech Monday  referring to  his  critics. "But the problem here is that I won."
Steve Rood  a Manila-based political analyst  said many Filipinos like  Duterte 's unorthodox style and his charm when he talks to them in an intimate way  as if his speeches were not being broadcast.
With crime easing and recent public surveys showing satisfaction with  Duterte 's administration  the president's opponents may do better if they focus on issues such as traffic jams in the capital and rising rice prices  he said.

Answer:
Positive