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Czech Support for Missile Defense Down
The number of Czech citizens who feel negatively about the placement of American missile defense facilities in the Czech Republic has risen to 70 percent, according to a survey conducted in December by Czech pollster CVVM. The agency announced the results of its poll on Tuesday. Forty-four percent of the 1056 respondents were strongly opposed to the American plans, 26 percent were negatively inclined toward them.
Seven percent of respondents were fully in favor of the missile defense system, and 16 percent were favorably inclined toward it. Seventy-three percent of respondents favored a national referendum on the issue, while 19 percent considered a referendum unnecessary.
The number of those opposed to the American system has grown dramatically compared to the findings of earlier surveys. This poll was taken before the meeting between Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek and Polish PM Donald Tusk, at which the plans for the placement of the missile defense system were discussed.
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