In its spring survey, the Public Opinion Research Centre examined attitudes of Czech citizens towards the death penalty. 42% of respondents hold the view the death penalty should exist in the Czech Republic, 51% oppose it. Since 1992, when 76% supported the existence of the death penalty, this support decreased for 34 percentage points, while opposition to the death penalty (13% in 1992) nearly quadruppled, and for the first time prevailed over support of the death penalty.

In the spring 2023 survey the Public Opinion Research Centre examined three questions related to inflation and real income of households.

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.

April and May survey of CVVM focused on public attitude and public relationships between Czech population and Romany minority. Survey showed that almost two thirds of Czech citizens (63%) see living together of Romany and non-Romany population as bad in Czech Republic generally. But since 2015 this negative perception decreased for 20 percentage points.

In April and May 2023, the Public Opinion Research Centre investigated views on the problem of loans and indebtment.

In a survey conducted during April and May 2023, the The Public Opinion Research Centre (CVVM) asked a set of questions about public attitudes towards substance use. Respondents over the age of 15 rated the extent to which they considered it acceptable to consume certain addictive substances, specifically tobacco, alcohol, painkillers, sleeping or tranquillisers, cannabis drugs (e.g. marijuana, hashish) and drugs such as ecstasy, methamphetamine and heroin. They commented on selected statements about the problem of drug addiction, whether drug use is a problem in the Czech Republic as a whole or in their place of residence, and whether the relevant institutions in the Czech Republic deal adequately with the problem of drug use.

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According to the Spring 2023 survey of CVVM, 13% of people evaluate the current economic situation in the Czech Republic as good, 29% view it as neither good nor bad, and 58% consider it to be bad.

In a survey conducted in the period since end of March to May of 2023 the Public Opinion Research Centre examined two questions related to evaluation of material living conditions of respondent's households, and to expectation of development of these conditions in this year.

In April and May 2023 within the regular survey, the Public Opinion Research Centre focused on issues that could be perceived as morally controversial. Specifically, respondents answered questions concerned with abortion, euthanasia, and prostitution.