Survey: V4 residents concerned about foreign influence on EP elections

More than a third of the population of the V4 countries, including Czechia, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary, perceive attempts by foreign states to influence the upcoming European elections as a major problem, suggests a survey carried out by the Central European Digital Media Observatory (CEDMO). In Czechia, this is the case with 35 percent of the population.

While Czechs, Poles and Hungarians are most worried about Russian influence, Slovaks are more concerned about EU influence, according to the survey. Czechs and Poles also showed a higher level of satisfaction with the functioning of democracy compared to the other two countries surveyed, with about a quarter of the Czech population trusting the European Parliament and the European Commission.