▁sh aken ▁confidence ▁in ▁the ▁government ▁and ▁er oded ▁its ▁capacity ▁for ▁action ." ▁After ▁the ▁post - Re volution ▁authorities ▁announced ▁their ▁intention ▁to ▁join ▁the ▁European ▁Union ▁and ▁accepted ▁a ▁monitoring ▁process , ▁the ▁newspaper ▁hosted ▁the ▁first ▁in ▁a ▁long ▁series ▁of ▁Eu ros ke ptic ▁pieces , ▁which ▁generally ▁object ed ▁to ▁outside ▁inter vention , ▁particularly ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁of ▁human ▁rights , ▁and ▁were ▁often ▁signed ▁by ▁column ists ▁Pop es cu ▁and ▁Bog dan ▁Ch ire ac . ▁British ▁academic ▁and ▁observer ▁Tom ▁Gall ag her ▁attributes ▁this ▁attitude ▁to ▁claims ▁of ▁" in j ured ▁patri ot ism ". ▁In ▁parallel , ▁A dev ăr ul ▁displayed ▁a ▁strong ▁soci ally ▁conserv ative ▁ag enda . ▁During ▁those ▁years , ▁the ▁paper ▁published ▁numerous ▁pieces ▁covering ▁Roman ian ▁society , ▁which ▁were ▁primarily ▁noted ▁for ▁their ▁sens ational ist ▁and ▁alarm ist ▁head lines , ▁such ▁as ▁a ▁claim , ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 7 , ▁that ▁" a ▁quarter ▁of ▁Roman ia ' s ▁children ▁live ▁in ▁institutions ". ▁In ▁early ▁ 1 9 9 6 , ▁A dev ăr ul ▁was ▁noted ▁for ▁critic izing ▁local ▁non - g overn ment al ▁organizations ▁prom oting ▁women ' s ▁rights , ▁alleg ing ▁that , ▁although ▁fin anced ▁by ▁the ▁European ▁Union ' s ▁Ph are ▁fund , ▁they ▁only ▁function ed ▁on ▁paper ▁( an ▁attitude ▁which ▁itself ▁earned ▁criticism ▁for ▁sex ism ). ▁More ▁deb ates ▁en su ed ▁in