Alegerile generale pentru Parlamentul României din 2016 reflectate în presa internaţională. Teme, analize, interpretări
2016 general elections for the Romanian Parliament reflected by the international mass media. Themes, analyses, interpretations

Summary/Abstract: The article investigates the international mass-media coverage for the parliamentary elections in Romania, in December 2016. Foreign press has followed the link between the results of elections or electoral campaign, and Romanian foreign policy orientation or its geopolitical perspective. This article tries to identify some themes, trends and exponential attitudes and perceptions,positioning and symbols on the election of the new representatives within the Romanian Parliament. The material will try to highlight how they have been addressed key topics and events of the electoral campaign, how media forces were placed and what were the consequences, by publishing of these perspectives. The election results has been analyzed by major publications or broadcasting stations through international political analysis intended to explain the various paradigms that included Central and Eastern European space,resorts to various themes and symbols that persist or are inhibited by the international context. Perception of the fight against corruption as electoral theme, scanning the Romanian political system, the political role President or Prime Minister within the electoral campaign, programs of political parties, all of these were present as key subjects. The theme of populism, nationalism,integrity and civil rights will also be analyzed. Finally, coverage of general elections for the Romanian Parliament has been associated with a mutation and a radical change of strategy for Romania’s Euro-Atlantic partners and,especially, in consonance with international events that marked 2016 year. The study will highlight how the international press has analyzed elections in Romania in relation to a number of major international events: BREXIT,presidential election in Moldavia, elections in Bulgaria, the US presidential elections, the EU crisis, and - in particular - the increasing influence of Russian Federation in the whole region. Hundreds of articles and analysis from around the globe will document the study.

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