Czechs expecting 2024 to be better year, but security concerns growing

The majority of Czechs are optimistic about the outlooks for 2024, according to the results of a poll conducted by the Median agency for Czech Radio. Fifty-three percent of respondents said they expected 2024 to be a better year than the preceding one, mainly with respect to the country’s economic performance and their finances. However over 80 percent of respondents expressed serious concern with regard to security. There has been a significant increase in concern over Islamic terrorist attacks in Europe the possible escalation of the war in Ukraine. The poll was conducted in mid-December, before the shooting incident at the Prague Faculty of Arts.