Poll: nearly two-thirds of Czechs against US radar on Czech soil

Nearly two-thirds of Czechs are opposed to the stationing of a US radar base in the Czech Republic, suggests a poll conducted by the CVVM agency and released on Friday. In contrast, just under 25 percent of Czechs are for the construction of an American anti-missile defence system here. Analysts from the CVVM agency said that the mood had not changed drastically since the plan was unveiled in 2006, though the amount of opposition had decreased marginally. Some 70 percent of Czechs believe a referendum should be held to decide upon the plan, while 20 percent believe it is a matter for politicians to conclude. The United States has been negotiating for ten interceptor rockets to be installed in Poland and a radar base in the Czech Republic as part of its global missile defence system.