International Relations

In a survey conducted between mid-September and the end of November 2024, the Centre for Public Opinion Research asked a set of questions about the Czech public's attitudes towards accepting refugees from Ukraine. Specifically, the respondents expressed their attitudes towards the reception of Ukrainian refugees with regard to the possibility of their permanent settlement in the Czech Republic and their opinions on whether or not Ukrainian refugees are being integrated into our society. The survey also included a mapping of interest in current developments around this situation.

80% of Czechs against 12% think that the U.S. in their foreign policy prioritize their own power and economic interests, and 56% against 30% believe that U.S. do not take into consideration the opinion of the world community. According to 48% of Czech citizens the current foreign policy of the U.S. represents a threat to today’s world, while 39% have the opposite opinion. The opinion that in relation to undemocratic regimes the United States is entitled to use military force is shared by 20% of Czech citizens, whereas 70% oppose it. 50% agree with a thesis that in its foreign policy, the US stands in defense of freedom, democracy, and human rights, 40% think otherwise. 45% tend to believe that the US strives to secure stability and a peaceful world order, 44% disagree with such an assertion.

In its autumn survey the Public Opinion Research Centre focused on the topic of the US presidential elections. Interest in the US presidential election shows nearly a half (48%) of the Czech public, 52% do not care about this topic. More than two fifths of Czech citizens (42%) would prefer Kamala Harris to become the next president of the United States, 25% of the Czech citiziens prefered Donald Trump.

In February 2024 the Public Opinion Research Centre included into its regular survey some questions focused on what is happening in the Middle East, respectively, in Israel and Palestine.

During the period from the end of January to the first third of March 2024, the Centre for Public Opinion Research asked a set of questions about the attitudes of the Czech public towards accepting refugees from Ukraine. Specifically, the respondents expressed their attitudes towards the admission of Ukrainian refugees with regard to the possibility of their permanent settlement in the Czech Republic and their opinions on whether or not Ukrainian refugees are successfully integrated into our society and in what kind of contact they have with refugees from Ukraine. The survey also included a mapping of interest in current issues surrounding this situation.

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In a survey conducted from the end of January to the first third of March 2024, the Center for Public Opinion Research asked a set of questions about the conflict in Ukraine. The research sought to find out whether people are interested in the development of the situation in Ukraine and whether they consider it to be a security threat to the Czech Republic, Europe and world peace, how citizens feel about the government's actions in support of Ukraine and how they assess possible measures by the international community.

In Autumn 2023 survey CVVM investigated how sympathetic or unsympathetic are some selected countries to the Czech public. In this survey 13 countries were selected.

Autumn 2023 survey focused on attitudes of Czechs to some representatives in international politics. Respondents were asked to express their confidence or non-confidence in some main figures of international policy and persons involved in recent important events as well as supreme representatives of Central European countries.

In the June and July 2023 the Public Opinion Research Centre included a block of questions connected to NATO and defense of Czech Republic in general in its survey (find out more in previous article). Questions focused mainly on ability of the Czech Republic to defend its own sovereingty, attitudes towards defense expenditures, and exaluation of army's quality in comparison to developed western countries.

In the summer 2023 Public Opinion Research Centre carried out a survey about NATO. Within the project were examined satisfaction with membership in NATO. Almost two-thirds (67%) of Czech citizens are satisfied with the Czech Republic's membership in the North Atlantic Alliance, more than a quarter (26%) is dissatisfied.