November survey of CVVM comprised a bloc of questions concerning public opinion on the pension system in the Czech Republic. 73% of citizens express opinion that the current pension system needs a change.

In the November research CVVM examined closely the views of citizens on the pension system and pension reform. This press release presents some of the general attitudes of people older than 15 years to the retirement system.

According to the December survey of CVVM, 40% of people evaluate the current economic situation in the Czech Republic as bad, 41% view it as neither good nor bad, and 18% consider it to be good.

In the November survey of the Public Opinion Research Centre included issues related to social policy. It surveyed citizens' views on that how much the individual areas of social policy are secured. At the same time the block of questions included an item, in which citizens had to comment the social policy as a whole.

November survey of CVVM dealt with the topic of family policy. We asked, in what extent the goverment takes care of the social situation of families with children. In addition to it we made an inquiry about the opinion on specific measures that may be used as a support for families with children.

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In the November investigation the Public Opinion Research Centre included issues related to social policy. First, we examined the extent to which social security should be ensured by the state in the view of Czech citizens, what the level of social security is, and whether the social benefits should be granted to all citizens, or just to certain groups of society.

In December 2014 within the regular survey CVVM SOÚ AV ČR, v.v.i., questioned respondents about their confidence in constitutional institutions. In this month there was a question about their trust to Chambers of Parliament, President, Government, Local and Regional Councils.

In December survey CVVM investigated how people trust to political Parties and whether they are willing to take part in elections to Chamber of Deputies. In the press release there are two different types of information: Party preference and a model of voting behaviour.
Party preferences give us information about public sympathy with political Parties in the group of citizens who have voting right and there is also included a part of citizens who will not take part in  elections or they do not knot who to vote for.

According to November 2014 survey of the Public Opinion Research Centre 13% of citizens regard taxation on high-income earners as high, 26% say it is adequate and 51% think it is low.

Part of the November survey of the Public Opinion Research Centre focused on the municipal elections. The survey mapped the situation before the elections as well as satisfaction or dissatisfaction with the results of the election and the post-election arrangement in the management of municipalities.