The Political and Socio-economic Climate in the Czech Republic – Trends in Public Opinion Paulina Tabery Public Opinion Research Centre Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences 12. 4. 2016

Outline Climate of opinion in the Czech Republic: the current situation and trends Opinion towards the national political situation Trust in local, regional and national political institutions Opinion towards the national economic situation Evaluation of standard of living in the household Evaluation of relations between the Czech Republic and Austria The Czech public's views of Austria Likeability of countries – Austria's position in the ranking Opinion on Austria's economic level Data CVVM SOÚ AV ČR, v.v.i., Our Society, representative of the population 15 years and over, quota sampling, face-to-face interviews, each wave approx. 1000 respondents.

Opinion on the current political situation in the Czech Republic Source: CVVM SOÚ AV ČR, v.v.i., Our Society 7. – 14. 3. 2016, 1079 respondents 15 years and over, face-to-face interviews.

Trend in opinion on the political situation in the Czech Republic, 2011-2016 Source: CVVM SOÚ AV ČR, v.v.i., Our Society, representative of the population 15 years and over, quota sampling, face-to-face interviews, each wave approx. 1000 respondents.

Trust in political institutions, March 2016 Source: CVVM SOÚ AV ČR, v.v.i., Our Society 7. – 14. 3. 2016, 1079 respondents 15 years and over, face-to-face interviews.

Trust in political institutions (index 0-100) Source: CVVM SOÚ AV ČR, v.v.i., Our Society, representative of the population 15 years and over, quota sampling, face-to-face interviews, each wave approx. 1000 respondents.

Opinion towards the current economic situation in the Czech Republic Source: CVVM SOÚ AV ČR, v.v.i., Our Society 7. – 14. 3. 2016, 1079 respondents 15 years and over, face-to-face interviews.

Evaluation of the household’s current standard of living Source: CVVM SOÚ AV ČR, v.v.i., Our Society 7. – 14. 3. 2016, 1079 respondents 15 years and over, face-to-face interviews.

Comparison of opinions towards the national economic situation and the household’s standard of living Source: CVVM SOÚ AV ČR, v.v.i., Our Society, representative of the population 15 years and over, quota sampling, face-to-face interviews, each wave approx. 1000 respondents.

Evaluation of relations between the Czech Republic and Austria, and other countries in December 2015 (%; ‘good’ minus ‘bad’) Source: CVVM SOÚ AV ČR, v.v.i., Our Society 30. 11. – 7. 12. 2015, 1048 respondents 15 years and over, face-to-face interviews.

Trends in evaluations of Czech relations with selected countries (% ‘very good’ + ‘rather good’) Source: CVVM SOÚ AV ČR, v.v.i., Our Society, representative of the population 15 years and over, quota sampling, face-to-face interviews, each wave approx. 1000 respondents.

Likeability of selected countries within Czech public opinion, December 2015 (%; mean scores) Source: CVVM SOÚ AV ČR, v.v.i., Our Society 30. 11. – 7. 12. 2015, 1048 respondents 15 years and over, face-to-face interviews.

Trends in the likeability of selected countries, 1991-2015 (% with scores of ‘1’ or ‘2’ on the likeability scale) Source: CVVM SOÚ AV ČR, v.v.i., Our Society, representative of the population 15 years and over, quota sampling, face-to-face interviews, each wave approx. 1000 respondents.

Opinion about the economic situation in selected countries in January 2014 (%; ‘good’ minus ‘bad’) Source: CVVM SOÚ AV ČR, v.v.i., Our Society 13. 1. – 20. 1. 2014, 1105 respondents 15 years and over, face-to-face interviews.

Trends in opinion about the economic situation in selected countries (‘good’ minus ‘bad’) Source: CVVM SOÚ AV ČR, v.v.i., Our Society, representative of the population 15 years and over, quota sampling, face-to-face interviews, each wave approx. 1000 respondents.

Czech public evaluations of Austria's economic situation (%) Source: CVVM SOÚ AV ČR, v.v.i., Our Society, representative of the population 15 years and over, quota sampling, face-to-face interviews, each wave approx. 1000 respondents.

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