At the turn of May and June 2025, the Public Opinion Research Center of the Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, as part of its regular surveys entitled Our Society, examined the attitude of Czech society towards the question of whether foreigners living in the Czech Republic should or should not adapt to our way of life. In addition, a question was asked about the importance of circumstances that influence the acceptance of foreigners.
Two-thirds of Czech society (67%) believe that foreigners should adapt to our customs as much as possible. Twenty-nine percent of the public surveyed believe that foreigners should adapt partially, and only a tiny minority (3%) believe that they should live entirely according to their own customs.
There is a fundamental difference of opinion between younger respondents and middle-aged and older respondents. The former are in favor of complete adaptation in one-third of responses, while the latter are in favor in two-thirds of responses.
Based on voting preferences, two opinion groups emerged: voters for the SPD, Motoristé, Stačilo, and ANO (roughly 80% in favor of "full adaptation"), and voters for STAN, Piráti, and Spolu (roughly 50%).
In terms of circumstances that should help foreigners with their acceptance in their place of residence, Czechs consider the ability to speak Czech to be the most important, with nine-tenths (91%) of the population considering it important. A similar degree of importance is attributed to working in the Czech Republic (88%). Respondents consider light skin color (19%) and marrying a Czech man or woman (22%) to be the least important.
Due to a change in the CVVM survey methodology, the results of the present survey are not directly comparable to the results of previous surveys. More information about the new methodology can be found in this press release.
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- Download the full press release here: ov250730.pdf
- All reports from this survey: PNS_2505_2
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