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Attitudes to European Unionin Czech Republic

• Top-Line Report

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Methodology

• Part of the Omnibus study
• regular monthly survey on different topics of a
  nationally representative sample of 1,000 adults
  aged 18-65
• using quota sampling based on
• age, gender, region and size of settlement
• No. of respondents
• 981
• Type of the survey
• Pen Paper, Face-to-Face interviews
• Fieldwork
• 13.03.- 24.03.2006

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MAIN FINDINGS
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Main Findings

• Czechs do not have a clear attitude towards the
  EU
• It is quite typical of Czechs to be rather
  unclear in their opinions
• Czechs (18-65 year olds) are more likely to agree
  with the idea of a United Europe (61) than with
  the current structure of the EU (53)
• nevertheless both agreement scores are not
  neither high nor convinced
• The vast majority (83) think that we should
  renegotiate better conditions of our membership
  of European Union
• On the other hand about half (53) believe that
  the European Union can help the country become a
  prosperous and modern country
• We expect the majority would like to improve the
  countrys political system and a part believe
  that the EU can help achieve that
• The EU is more positively viewed by
• young, university educated, wealthier, with a
  right-leaning political orientation

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Main FindingsAttitudes to European Union

• 84 would like to protect Czech farmers
• 83 wish to renegotiate the conditions of
  membership to the EU
• 71 would like to have a certain proportion of
  Czech products in big shops
• 72 people are afraid of the consequences of
  changing over to the Euro
• 63 think that the European Union is only a place
  for more bureaucracy
• 61 agree with the idea of a United Europe
• 53 believe the Czech Republic gets less than it
  gives to the European Union
• 53 believe the Czech Republic would become a
  prosperous and modern country thanks to our
  membership of the European Union
• 52 agree with the current structure of the
  European Union
• 30 support the admission of Turkey into the
  European Union

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Main FindingsSupport of European Union

• 15-65 years old would vote for the European Union
• but their vote would be inconclusive
• rating of the current structure of the EU (on a 6
  point scale) is
• 52 agree, 48 disagree
• (if we take convinced answers only the score is
  22 agree / 23 disagree)
• 55 are not really convinced either way
• Czechs agree more with the idea of a United
  Europe than with the current structure of the
  European Union
• core is 61 -39
• convinced only score is 34 -18
• 48 are not really convinced either way
• The vast majority (83) wish to renegotiate the
  conditions of membership of the European Union
• they believe we could have had a better contract

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Main FindingsMutual Advantages and Disadvantages

• Even though the support of the EU is not
  convincing and Czech people believe we could
  have had a better contract,
• a slight majority (53) believe that the
  European Union could help Czech Republic to
  become a prosperous and modern country
• on the other hand 53 have a feeling that the
  Czech Republic gets less then it gives to the EU
• If we look in detail on the above attitudes
• 32 people agree that EU can help us and that we
  don't get less then we give to the EU
• 31 people think thatwe get less then we give to
  the EU and EU can't help us
• 21 think that even though we get less then we
  give to the EU, the EU can help us
• 16 think that EU can't help us but we don't get
  less then we give to the EU
• We expect that majority of people in total
  think that Czech political system need to be
  improved and a part of them believe that EU can
  help us even we get less then we give to the EU

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AppendixDetailed Charts
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Attitudes to European Unionin detail
SHORT LABELS Idea of United Europe Current
European Union I don't care about policy at
all We should protect our farmers Conditions of
membership should be renegotiated Euro will cause
financial problems to ordinary people Shops
should sell Czech products proportionally EU is
an additional place for more bureaucracy only We
get less than we give to the European
Union Thanks to EU, we become a prosperous
country We should more cooperate with China
regardless of HR We should support admission of
Turkey into EU
ORIGINAL STATEMENTS The level of agreement with
the idea of United Europe The level of agreement
with the current structure of the European
Union I don't care about policy at all We should
protect Czech farmers against competition from
other countries Czech Republic should urge for
negotiation of better conditions of membership of
EU Implementation of the Euro will cause quite a
few financial problems for ordinary people We
should have minimum quotas on Czech products sold
in big shops EU is an only adds to all the
bureaucracy that exists We get less than we give
to the European Union Thanks to the EU, the Czech
Republic will become a prosperous and modern
country Czech Republic should develop economic
relations to China regardless of their level of
protecting of human rights Czech Republic should
support admission of Turkey into EU
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Attitudes to European Union
6-point scale 1Completely Disagree ....
6Completely Agree
Base All Respondents N981
For detailed description see page "Attitudes to
European Union in detail"
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Attitudes to European UnionClear opinions only
(without middle points 3 and 4)
6-point scale 1Completely Disagree ....
6Completely Agree
Base All Respondents N981
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Attitudes to European UnionUnclear opinions only
(middle points 3 and 4 only)
6-point scale 1Completely Disagree ....
6Completely Agree
Base All Respondents N981
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Attitudes to European UnionCross Agreement
(points 4-6)
6-point scale 1Completely Disagree ....
6Completely Agree4, 5, 6 YES (1, 2, 3 NO)
Significant changes in agreement with attributes
Base All Respondents in each column
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Quadrants (1) Idea of United Europe Current EU
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Quadrants (1) Idea of United Europe Current EU
Base All Respondents N981
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Summary Quadrants (1) 1/4

• Less than half of the population (43) agree both
  with the Idea of a United Europe and the current
  structure of the European Union
• attitudes where they differ from a total
  population
• they are less afraid of implementation of Euro
  64 (total 72)
• they agree less that European Union only adds
  more bureaucracy 50 (total 63)
• they agree less that we pay for European Union
  36 (total 53)
• they agree more that European Union can help us
  to become a prosperous and modern country 70
  (total 53)
• demographics
• they are more of a (middle) right political
  leaning
• more young and middle aged - 25-34 in particular
• typically higher educated - university
• with a higher income 20,000 CZK or more
• in households with a typical socio-economic
  status A, B
• typically in households with 2 or more children
• in cities with 10,000- 20,000 and 100,000
  inhabitants

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Summary Quadrants (1) 4/4

• Almost one third (30) disagree both with the
  Idea of a United Europe and the current
  organization of the EU
• attitudes where they differ from a total
  population
• they are more afraid of implementation of Euro
  82 (total 72)
• they more agree that European Union adds only
  more bureaucracy 77 (total 63)
• they agree more that we pay for European Union
  74 (total 53)
• they agree less that European Union can help us
  to become a prosperous and modern country 27
  (total 53)
• demographics
• they are more of a left political leaning
• more adults or old aged - 55 in particular
• with lower education - vocational
• typically with a low income 10,000 CZK, mainly
  with 14,000-20,000
• in households with socio-economic status D, E
• typically in households of 1-2 members
• in cities with up to 1,000 inhabitants

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Quadrants (1)Idea of United Europe Current EU
Agree both with Idea Current EU
Agree with Idea but not with Current EU
Agree with Current EU but not with Idea
Disagree both with Idea Current EU
Base All Respondents N981
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Synergy (1) Idea of United Europe Current EU
of the Same Opinion
more agree with Idea
more agree with Current EU
Base All Respondents N981
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Quadrants (1) Idea of United Europe Current EU
Base All Respondents in each segment
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PROFILES Quadrants (1) 1/4 Agree with both Idea
and Current EU
Base All respondents (if not specified otherwise)
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PROFILES Quadrants (1) 2/4 Agree with Idea but
not with Current EU
Base All respondents (if not specified otherwise)
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PROFILES Quadrants (1) 3/4 Agree with Current
EU but not with Idea
Base All respondents (if not specified otherwise)
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PROFILES Quadrants (1) 4/4 Disagree both with
Idea Current EU
Base All respondents (if not specified otherwise)
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Quadrants (1) Attitudes to Left-to-Right
Political Opinions
State, free of charge Active employment
schemes Generous state pension for everyone All
free of charge Paid by state budget Active state
support Higher taxes to support state
spending Progressive income tax Regulated housing
rental State support for rising
prices Interferences if needed Restrict civil
liberties More competence Deficit if used
efficiently
Co-payment Subsidy for job searcher only Basic
state pension Fee paying for higher
education Paid by regions themselves No state
support As low taxes as possible The same for
everyone Deregulated housing No state benefits -
supporting economy Without interferences No
restriction on civil liberties No change of
competence Always balanced
Agree both with Idea Current EU
Agree with Idea but not with Current EU
LEFT
RIGHT
Agree with Current EU but not with Idea
Base All Respondents in each segment
Disagree both with Idea Current EU
For detailed description see page "Semantic
scales of ..."
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Quadrants (2) Worth of the EU Aid from the EU
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Quadrants (2) Worth of the EU Aid from the EU
Quadrants (2) are based on the agreement on the
following statements "Thanks to EU, Czech
Republic become a prosperous and modern
country" "We get less than we give to the
European Union"
Base All Respondents N981
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Quadrants (2) Worth of the EU Aid from the EU
Agree that the EU can help us and don't agree
that we get less than we give to the EU
Don't agree that the EU can help us but don't
agree that we get less than we give to the EU
Agree that the EU can help us even though
disagree that we get less than we give to the EU
Agree that we get less than we give to the EU and
don't agree that the EU can help us
Quadrants (2) are based on the agreement on the
following statements "Thanks to EU, Czech
Republic become a prosperous and modern
country" "We get less than we give to the
European Union"
Base All Respondents N981
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Quadrants (2) Worth of the EU Aid from the EU
Base All Respondents in each segment
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PROFILES Quadrants (2) 1/4 Agree that the EU
can help us and don't agree that we get less
than we give to the EU
Base All respondents (if not specified otherwise)
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PROFILES Quadrants (2) 2/4 Don't agree that the
EU can help us but don't agree that we get less
than we give to the EU
Base All respondents (if not specified otherwise)
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PROFILES Quadrants (2) 3/4 Agree that the EU
can help us even though disagree that we get
less than we give to the EU
Base All respondents (if not specified otherwise)
34
PROFILES Quadrants (2) 3/4 Agree that we get
less than we give to the EU and don't agree that
the EU can help us
Base All respondents (if not specified otherwise)
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Quadrants (2) Attitudes to Left-to-Right
Political Opinions
State, free of charge Active employment
schemes Generous state pension for everyone All
free of charge Paid by state budget Active state
support Higher taxes to support state
spending Progressive income tax Regulated housing
rental State support for rising
prices Interferences if needed Restrict civil
liberties More competence Deficit if used
efficiently
Co-payment Subsidy for job searcher only Basic
state pension Fee paying for higher
education Paid by regions themselves No state
support As low taxes as possible The same for
everyone Deregulated housing No state benefits -
supporting economy Without interferences No
restriction on civil liberties No change of
competence Always balanced
Agree that the EU can help us and don't agree
that we get less than we give to the EU
Don't agree that the EU can help us but don't
agree that we get less than we give to the EU
Agree that the EU can help us even though
disagree that we get less than we give to the EU
LEFT
RIGHT
Base All Respondents in each segment
Agree that we get less than we give to the EU and
don't agree that the EU can help us
For detailed description see page "Semantic
scales of ..."
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Left-to-Right Political Orientation
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Semantic scales of Left-to-Right Political
Orientation in detail
State should guarantee the primary health care
only and use co-payments Unemployment should not
be higher than in EU, subsidy should be paid for
job searcher only Retirement from the state
should guarantee the basic needs only, the final
living standard is on one's own - based on
co-insurance and savings Primary education only
should be free of charge, quality higher
education could have been paid by
school-fees State should rather decrease the tax
payments to the state budget and let the regions
manage their own resources State should not
affect development of branches, make any
differences based on size of the businessman or
region State should set the taxes as low as
possible so the many areas of social life is
supported not only by state budget Income taxes
should be the same for all citizens regardless of
their income level State should not regulate the
leases and the costs of housing should be set by
the market State should not monitor the cost of
living so much and should rather support economy
and competition State should affect the economy
only in exceptional cases, if at all Precautions
against organized crime should not affect
currently guaranteed basic civil rights Police
should not have more competence to fight against
corruption, fraud and financial crime than in any
other cases State should always have balanced
budget even if this implies restriction in
important areas
State should guarantee the same free of charge
health care to everyone Unemployment should be
minimal, state and councils should create jobs in
case of need Everyone should receive retirement
from the state to guarantee worthy old-age All
education should be free of charge and guarantee
the same primary education and the same
accessability to higher education to
everyone State should support the development of
regions from the state budget and control their
level to be comparable State should support
development projects for stagnant branches, small
businessman and poor regions State should set the
taxes for enough revenues even for support many
areas of social life Income taxes should respect
the social situation of a citizen State should
regulate the leases and cost of housing and
guarantee accessible housing State should monitor
the cost of living and compensate any increases
with social benefits State should interfere the
economy in case of economic downturn State should
effectively fight against organized crime even at
the expense of currently guaranteed civil
rights Police should have more competence for
more effective fight against corruption, fraud
and financial crime State budget can run a
deficit if resources are used effectively
LEFT
RIGHT
1 2 3 4
5 6
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Left-to-Right Political Orientation

Base All Respondents N981
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L-R Political Orientation Attitudes to
Left-to-Right Political Opinions
State, free of charge Active employment
schemes Generous state pension for everyone All
free of charge Paid by state budget Active state
support Higher taxes to support state
spending Progressive income tax Regulated housing
rental State support for rising
prices Interferences if needed Restrict civil
liberties More competence Deficit if used
efficiently
Co-payment Subsidy for job searcher only Basic
state pension Fee paying for higher
education Paid by regions themselves No state
support As low taxes as possible The same for
everyone Deregulated housing No state benefits -
supporting economy Without interferences No
restriction on civil liberties No change of
competence Always balanced
LEFT
RIGHT
Base All Respondents in each segment
Middle (Left)
Left
(Middle) Right
For detailed description see page "Semantic
scales of ..."
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Left-to-Right Political Orientationand Attitudes
to EU
Base All Respondents in each segment
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PROFILES L-R Political Orientation Left Oriented
Base All respondents (if not specified otherwise)
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PROFILES L-R Political Orientation Middle
(Left) Oriented
Base All respondents (if not specified otherwise)
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PROFILES L-R Political Orientation (Middle)
Right Oriented
Base All respondents (if not specified otherwise)