Poll: Half Czechs feel refugee crisis has harmed Czech-German relations

Around half of Czechs believe that the refugee crisis has led to a worsening of relations with Germany, suggests an opinion poll carried out this month by the STEM agency for the Czech-German Fund for the Future. Germany has taken in hundreds of thousands of refugees this year, a move that eight in 10 Czechs do not understand, the survey indicates. Prague was opposed to Berlin’s plan for compulsory migrant quotas and surveys suggest Czechs are among the European nations with the least welcoming attitude to refugees.

Author: Ian Willoughby