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The 2007 EU enlargement was enthusiastically received by Romanian citizens and perceived not as an opportunity but as an act of geostrategic justice that reinstated the country where it rightfully belonged. According to Flash Eurobarometer 159,1 one could trace in Romania one of the highest levels of support for the European Union (EU) and for European integration, and the highest among the Central and Eastern European countries. In 2007, 68 % of Romanians trusted the EU, 10 percentage points more than in Bulgaria,2 and 20 percentage points more than the European average.3 Although the level of trust had decreased to 45 % by 2012,4 Romania remained one of the most Euro-optimist states in the EU. In 2015, Romanians seemed to have the most positive image of Europe,5 of all member states.6
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Ștefănel, A. (2017). Perspectives on the Romanian Electoral Context and Media Coverage of Campaign Discourses. In: Boicu, R., Branea, S., Stefanel, A. (eds) Political Communication and European Parliamentary Elections in Times of Crisis. Political Campaigning and Communication. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58591-2_6
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