In October 2017 Public Opinion Research Centre included a block of questions connected to decision making process based on ordinary people or experts. Next questions focused on confidence to specific groups of people who comment on public issues in the Czech Republic.

>> Fulltext is available in Czech only <<

October survey the Public Opinion Research Centre examined how Czech citizens see the financial situation of their households. They evaluated whether it is difficult to make ends meet with their earnings, but also talked about attitudinal feeling of poverty.

In October 2017 Public Opinion Research Centre included a block of questions connected to accepting refugees from countries affected by military conflicts. Questions focused mainly on opinion towards accepting refugees from concrete regions (Ukraine, Middle East and North Africa), concern with the current situation around refugees and perception of the situation as a security threat. Press release shows also the comparison with public opinion in Poland and Slovakia.

According to the October survey of CVVM, 37% of people evaluate the current economic situation in the Czech Republic as good, 40% view it as neither good nor bad, and 20% consider it to be bad.

Next year, it will be 25 years since the split of Czechoslovakia into two independent republics. On the occasion of this anniversary, Public Opinion Research Centre and Institute for Public Affairs in Bratislava in cooperation with Focus agency investigated public opinion regarding the dissolution of Czechoslovakia and the creation of the independent states.

In October survey CVVM investigated how sympathetic or unsympathetic are some selected countries to the Czech public. In this survey 27 countries were selected.

The most sympathetic country among them according to Czech citizens is Slovakia followed by Sweden, Austria, Norway, Great Britain, France and Italy.

>> Full text is available in Czech only <<

In October 2017 as a part of Public Opinion Research Centre's survey there was a question investigating citizens' trust to some social institutions.

In September survey the Public Opinion Research Centre focused on the conflict in Syria. The survey examined how Czech public is interested in the development of conflict i Syria, how Czech citizens evaluate roles of different participants in the conflict and in attempts of its solution, and what they think of some possibilities of the Czech Republic to participate in the process of resolving the situation in Syria.

According to October 2017 survey of the Public Opinion Research Centre 14% of citizens regard taxation on high-income earners as high, 28% say it is adequate and 46% think it is low.

Taxation on average-income earners is considered to be high by 43% of respondents, adequate by 45% and low by 3% of citizens. Taxation on low-income earners was supposed to be high by 63%, adequate by 24% and low by 3%.  57% of respondents think that tax rate should be higher for high-income earners than for low-income earners. 

>> Full text is available in Czech only <<

In October 2017 Public Opinion Research Centre's survey investigated views of Czech citizens on some social conditions.