Less than half (45%) of people believe that for the income of their household they can buy or pay less than a year ago, 45% believe that the real income of their households is about the same as a year before, and only 8% of respondents said that their real income during the last year has increased. 44% of Czech citizens consider current inflation to be acceptable, 39% of people share the opposite opinion. 55% of Czechs expect that this year they will be able to buy less goods and pay less services for the same amount of money than the last year.

In January 2015 Public Opinion Research Centre carried out a survey about the development of situation in selected areas of public life during the year 2014.

In January 2015, the Public Opinion Research Centre investigated views on the problem of indebtment. We surveyed the opinion on the level of indebtment among the Czech citizens and on the level of indebtment of the Czech state. With regard to these two fields of indebtment, we also asked questions about how serious a problem the current level of indebtment poses to the Czech people.

In January 2015 Public Opinion Research Centre carried out a survey concerning national defence and NATO, its necessity as a military-political organization and the influence of existence and conduct of NATO on the security of its members, the relationships within and outside the organization, on the peace and stability and on the solution of terrorism threat.

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In January 2015 Public Opinion Research Centre carried out a survey about NATO. Within the project were examined satisfaction with membership in NATO. Satisfaction with NATO membership in Czech society prevails, 58 % of respondents stated, that they are satisfied with it.

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In its regular survey in January 2014 the Public Opinion Research Centre focused on questions about the Miloš Zeman's presidency. Most Czechs think that president Zeman fulfills his constitutional functions (53 %) and he is in contact with people and knows their problems (53 %).

According to the January survey of CVVM, 38% of people evaluate the current economic situation in the Czech Republic as bad, 41% view it as neither good nor bad, and 19% consider it to be good.

In January 2015 CVVM SOÚ AV ČR investigated whether respondents trust to selected top politicians. They were given a list with 27 names of top politicians. In a survey there were included names of membres of Parliament, president, chairmen of Senate and Chamber of Deputies, leaders of political parties in Parliament and chief of Constitutional Court.

January survey of CVVM made an inquiry into attitudes of citizens towards constitutional competencies of a president. Questions in the survey concerned the range of presidential competencies in general and also with regard to several particular competencies such as granting of amnesty or stopping a lawsuit, dismissing the Chamber of Deputies and refusing the law passed by the parliament. Two questions asked about the role of president in appointing the Board of the Czech National Bank and in appointing the judges of the Constitutional Court.

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January survey of CVVM asked questions regarding the attitudes towards the office of president of the Czech Republic. Questions focused on the mechanism of presidential election, president's relation to the government and government appointment, on the position of president in the foreign policy and on the problems president should pay attention in his or her office.

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