Index Of Satisfaction Of Romania'S Integration In The European Union. Statistical Research On Five Target Groups In The Western Area Of Romania

In our statistical research we have proposed to make an assessment of the satisfaction of the population from the time of accession to the European Union. We mention that we considered five target groups, namely: students from West University of Timisoara; students from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara; resident doctors; top management and employees from companies in the western area of the country. Consequently, an interpretation of the conclusions of our research at national level should be made with caution. As regards the integration and future of Europe, there is a diversity of opinions. Some insist on promoting unity in diversity, contending that "the European community cannot be conceived beyond strict objectives, the realization of which is the very reason of being its existence" (Manolache, 1995). There are two extremes: (a) The Union is a federation of nation-states, and therefore the construction cannot overlap with a federal ideal (Kahn, 2008); (b) federalization is the Union's perspective because "federalism now seems the only form of social organization that can guarantee the preservation of national and regional identity in harmony with the requirements of independence and globalization" (Sidjanski, 2010). We note that some consider federalism to be an idealistic goal (Kahn, Rosamond), others consider federalism to be a necessity (Sidjanski), and others appreciate that "federalism represents the philosophy, functionalism is the stage method" (Ion, 2013). There are opinions that proclaim the end of the West and of United Europe. "The European Union is a grandiose and debilitating project at the same time. Compared to well-defined national identities, European identity is very diffuse "(Boia, 2013). As far as we are concerned, we believe that the European Union's integration process must continue, an opinion stemming from our previous research (Duțǎ, 2017). Starting from the hypothesis that the population's perception of European integration is a signal that the theoretical assumptions cannot discard, we have proposed a statistical survey on five target groups in the western area, limiting only one criterion, the satisfaction of integration. The methodology used was presented in our paper "The European Index. Statistical survey on five target groups"(Duțǎ, 2017).