Eurobarometer: 46 percent of Czechs happy with EU membership

A new Eurobarometer survey has suggested that 46 percent of Czechs rate EU membership positively. The number is less than the overall EU average of 53 percent. 40 percent are neutral on the issue, while 12 percent hold a negative view. The survey was conducted in the autumn of 2008. In other data, more than three-fourth of Czechs (78 percent) consider their country’s heading of the EU presidency important. Two-thirds of Czechs also said they had registered information on the Czech presidency in the media, the survey showed.