THE NATIONAL RENAISSANCE FRONT AND THE AUTHORITARIAN REGIME IN ROMANIA (1938-1940)

Abstract

The Constitution of 27th February 1938 created the ideological and theoretical foundations for the birth of the single party, called by the new regime The National Renaissance Front (Frontul Renaşterii Naţionale, FRN) and proclaimed as the only political entity in the state. FRN was strongly militarized in all its management structures, starting with the Directorate to the Superior National Council. It had a corporate-like structured aligned with the new constitutional principles, whereby people were only allowed and granted positions in the party, state, or Parliament if they actually had a job. A critical analysis of some of the parliament speeches made by the regime’s representatives will shed light on the ideological principles of the FRN.