Survey: Third of Czech believe EU has brought more bad than good

One-third of Czechs believe that joining the European Union brought more disadvantages than advantages, suggests an international opinion poll conducted by the PASOS agency. One in five Czechs hold the opposing view, the survey indicates. People in the Czech Republic have a less positive view of EU membership than those in Poland, Latvia and Bulgaria, the other states where the research was carried out. The four were among 10 countries, predominantly from the former Eastern Bloc, that joined the EU in 2004.