95% of Romanians say they feel proud to be Romanian (compared to 83% in 2013), while 4.3% say the opposite (compared to 12.8% in 2013). 0.7% do not know or do not answer this question (compared to 4.2% in 2013), according to INSCOP research.
Also, 49.7% of Romanians use to display the national flag at home on December 1st (compared to 26.3% in 2013), while 49.9% declare that they do not have this custom (compared to 71.5% in 2013). The rest don’t know or don’t answer this question.
In an interesting shift of opinions, 26.4% of Romanians would agree with moving the national day to a warmer season (compared to 29.6% in 2013) but 69.7% would not agree (compared to 55.3% in 2013), and 3.9 do not know or do not answer (compared to 15.1% in 2013).
What does it mean to be Romanian?
For 93.6% of the poll respondents, being Romanian means speaking the Romanian language, while 5.7% reject such an idea. Also, for 90.6% of respondents, being Romanian means to have Romanian citizenship, while 8.7% disagree with this statement.
Having a family with Romanian roots is a condition for being Romanian for 77.2% of the survey participants, while 21.5% disagree with this idea. For 64% of the respondents, being Romanian means being an Orthodox Christian. 34.8% reject such an idea.
