Poziţia Partidului Social-Democrat faţă de politica externă a României în anii 1927-1933
The Social Democrat Party’s Stand on Romania’s Foreign Policy between 1927 and 1933

Summary/Abstract: In this paper, the Social Democrat Party’s stand on Romania’s foreign policy is inferred from the speeches of 7-9 deputies in Parliament and from the articles published in the social democrat newspapers. The party set out to support the country’s independence, the disarmament, and the maintenance of peace, the federalization of European states and the cancellation of war debts. SDP voiced its concern that Romania might be “used” by the world’s great powers (France, Great Britain) in an aggression against the Soviet Union. Like the other parties, the Social Democrat Party was against the revision of the peace treaties of 1919-1920, which was demanded by the powers defeated in World War I. Throughout the economic crisis, against the background of an increased tension in international relations, SPD fought against the various governments’ solutions to overcome the crisis and suggested the economic and political federalization of Europe. However, the party rejected the Tardieu plan, which proposed an economic confederation of the Danube, and regarded it as the first step in a project to redraw international borders. The SDP’s stand on the Little Entente was ambiguous. The Social Democrats approved of the organization’s efforts to maintain the borders but believed that forming alliances would endanger peace. The party pointed out that the coming to power of the Nazis in Germany (January 30th 1933) threatened democracy and peace in Europe. Its leaders were convinced that only socialism could bring peace and disarmament. Like similar parties in Europe, the Romanian SDP had a class approach to the country’s foreign policy, following the directives of the Second International. SPD took into consideration Romania’s vital interests in international affairs, but did not manage to overcome the political stereotypes of the Left – those of the Marxist dogma.

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