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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.

Summer 2023 survey made an inquiry into attitudes of citizens towards constitutional competencies of a president. Questions in the survey concerned the range of presidential competencies in general and also with regard to several particular competencies such as granting of amnesty or stopping a lawsuit, dismissing the Chamber of Deputies and refusing the law passed by the parliament.

Summer survey of CVVM asked questions regarding the attitudes towards the office of president of the Czech Republic. Questions focused on the mechanism of presidential election, president's relation to the government and government appointment, on the position of president in the foreign policy and on the problems president should pay attention in his or her office.

In its regular survey in June and July 2023 the Public Opinion Research Centre focused on questions concerning the Petr Pavel's presidency.

In June and July 2023 survey we enquired a question in which respondents on a scale corresponding to school grades evaluated activity of individual ministries, the Government Office and the Office of the President over the past twelve months.

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In the survey, which was conducted between the end of May and the middle of the third decade of July 2023, 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 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 successfully integrated into our society. The survey also included a mapping of interest in current developments around this situation.

In a survey conducted during June and July 2023, 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 the period from the end of May to the mid of the last third of July 2023 within the regular survey the Public Opinion Research Centre questioned respondents about their confidence in constitutional institutions. In this survey there was a question about their trust to the President, both Chambers of Parliament, the Government, and Local and Regional Councils.

The press release presents some results of the April and May 2023 survey, which focused on Czech public opinion on EU membership. More than two-fifths (41%) of Czech citizens are satisfied with our country's EU membership, more than a fifth (21 %) are neither satisfied nor unsatisfied and more than a third (36 %) is unsatisfied.
Respondents were also asked about their views on economic, political, cultural, defence, and ecological integration in the European Union.

In April and May 2023 Public Opinion Research Centre included a block of questions connected to confidence in European Union and international institutions. Questions focused mainly on trust in European Union in general and its concrete authorities. In connection to international institutions respondents evaluated their trust in United Nations and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.