Opponents of the European constitution slightly prevail over their advocates among Czechs after it was rejected by the French and Dutch, according to a poll conducted by the Factum Invenio public opinion institute released Friday.

However, the largest number is among those who have no clear- cut view on the issue.

The poll showed that 33.7 percent of Czechs are against the ratification of the EU constitution, 31.5 percent support it and 34.8 percent have no clear view on the question.

Men have a more distinctive stance on the constitution, as the strongest group of men is against the constitution (38 percent), while the highest share of women remains undecided, but the number of women supporting the document is slightly higher than the number of opponents of the EU constitution.

More than two-fifths (almost 44 percent) of respondents who said they would take part in the referendum would support the document, fewer compared to the findings of other polls which were carried in the Czech Republic before the referendums in France and the Netherlands.

According to the proposed rules of the referendum, the support of an absolute majority of the participants in the referendum would be necessary to have the constitution approved.

No method of ratification of the document in the Czech Republic has been fixed as yet.

The rejection of the EU constitution in France and Dutch have generated debate in society and political pressure as to whether the ratification process should continue.

Source: Xinhua