Party of Social Democracy in Romania
The social-democratic doctrine was never very powerful in Romania, but throughout history it had drawn many members of a certain social standing, from intellectuals and students to handicraftsmen. The history of the Romanian Social-Democratic Party, PSD for short, was marked by many splits followed by reconciliation and damage caused by the personal ambitions of certain members, as well as drastic ideological changes. The Romanian social-democrats adhered to western socialism and they had a great aversion for bolshevism and the harsh realities in the Soviet Union.
The Party of Social Democracy in Romania [PSDR] welcomed the Union of 1918, requiring the country's democratization and its transformation into a socialist society. In December 1918, PSDR and was renamed the Socialist Party, but its ranks were separated several dissident factions and groups. May 7, 1927 Congress decided to centralize the entire socialist movement by creating the Social Democratic Party (PSD), and numbered among its members George Grigorov, Constantin-Petrescu, Ilie Moscovici, Serban Voinea, Joseph Jumanca, John Flueras, Stefan Voitec, Lotar Radaceanu, Theodor Iordanescu, Ion Pas. A period of cleavages generated by networking with other parties, that the NPP and the Liberals, to accession to power. The under the royal dictatorship, PSD continued underground, led by Constantine-Petrescu. Although they were in talks with the communists to fight anti-fascist organization, the Social Democrats suspended contacts with the Romanian Communists, who supported the annexation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina to the USSR.
After August 23, 1944, PSD was involved in setting up offices first interim, but the installation Petru Groza government in March 1945, Constantine-Petrescu and other regional leaders of the SDP refused to participate. PSD was on the verge of a split, as some socialists wanted to collaborate with the Communists. The Conference in December 1945, following the decision of most delegates, went into parliamentary elections on joint lists with PCR. Constantin Petrescu and his supporters left the PSDR are forming and then in May 1946, the Independent Social Democratic Party (PSDI). The manifesto indicated that the party is PSDI true promoter of Romanian social democracy. In February 1948 SDP merged with PCR in the Romanian Workers' Party (PRM). Two months later, PSD leaders were arrested, which led to the disappearance of political party.
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