According to the March survey of the Public Opinion Research Centre, 53% of Czech citizens are interested in current events in the Middle East and Northern Africa. One third (33%) of Czech public thinks that international community should participate more actively in solving of current situation in Arab countries where people rose up in protest against authoritarian regimes, a half (51%) of Czechs opposes the idea of external meddling into current events there. 70% of Czechs expect a negative impact of these events on global economy, 61% share the same expectation in relation to security situation in the world. 37% of Czechs believe that new governments replacing ousted authoritarian regimes will be democratic, 32% think the opposite. The survey was conducted before the start of the international coalition’s military operations in Libya.
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