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In May 2012, CVVM survey focused on public opinion on rights of gays and lesbians such as right to get married, right for registered partnership and right for children adoption.

In May 2012, Centre for Public Opinion Research asked questions about environment and its protection. Czech citizens should evaluate activity of Czech Republic in this area and also activities of some state institutions and ecological organizations in these questions. Specifically, we were interested in opinions of Czechs on activity of Government, Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic, Parliament, Regional Offices, Municipal Offices.

According to May 2012 survey of CVVM people are more satisfied with state of environment at their place of residence (76%) than in Czech republic in general (60%). Respondents were most satisfied with accessability of free nature (85% "satisfied"), quality of drinking water (85%) and cleanness of surrounding nature (77%). On the other hand respondents were dissatisfied with impact of density of traffic on the environment (55% "dissatisfied", 44% "satisfied").

The survey of May touched briefly the issue of drugs and their use in the Czech Republic. People were asked whether and how much they perceive the current situation regarding drug use to be a problem in the Czech Republic as a country, and specifically in their place of residence. Furthermore, the survey investigated whether institutions in the Czech Republic deal with the drug problem adequately, inadequately or excessively in the view of the public. The attention of research also focused on how acceptable or unacceptable in view of public opinion is the use of certain legal and illegal psychoactive substances like tobacco, alcohol, painkillers, sleeping pills or antidepressants, so-called soft drugs like hashish or marihuana and so-called hard drugs like heroin, methamphetamine or “Ecstasy”.

In May, The Public Opinion Research Centre examined the views on abortion, euthanasia and capital punishment. Almost three quarters of Czechs believe that a woman has a right to abortion. Nearly two-thirds agree with euthanasia and the similar percentage agrees with the capital punishment.

In March 2012 CVVM survey investigated Czech public's views with regard to foreigners who live in the long term or permanently in the Czech Republic. 54 % of Czechs see foreign citizens living in the Czech Republic as a problem, 37 % claim the opposite. But, when people should consider their neighbourhood, not the Czech Republic as a whole country, 54 % think foreign citizens are not a problem.

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In March 2012 Public Opinion Research Centre examined as a part of its survey the opinions of the Czech public on long-term or permanently residing foreigners in the Czech Republic. Specifically, there were examined attitudes whether there are too many, appropriate amount, or too few foreigners living in the country, whether foreigners should have the right for the long-term residing in the country and whether the state should allow them to settle here permanently. There were examined the reasons for the acceptance of immigrants, too.

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In April, the Center for Public Opinion Research focused on satisfaction with life in the locality in general and selected living conditions in the vicinity of residence. 72 % of Czechs are satisfied with living conditions in their place of residence. A fifth said neutral variant. Less than a tenth is not satisfied.
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April survey of CVVM focused on public attitude and public relationships between Czech population and Romany minority.

March survey has dealt with a topic of employment of foreigners in Czech Republic.