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And some day, the far-right will pass. And maybe it won't be the same thing as in the 1930s but maybe it will be close enough. 10/
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... presidential elections. The PM resigned and "Pro-European" parties will form a new government and there's good reason to believe it will be quite neolib/libertarian. I have very little hope that anything will be done to mend the social rift which splits the nation. 9/
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... transition. Statistically, the past 35 years were a miracle for Romania. Individually, millions and millions of Romanians went through very traumatic experiences. And no politician speaks to them except for the far-right.
The "pro-European" candidate won the... 8/
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Also, again, this is recent immigration. The 2010s. These people did not experience the administrative difficulties of the previous generation of immigrants and may not realize the difference an EU passport makes.
Overall, they are the left-behind of Romania's economic... 7/
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Very important aspect: these people were already working in their native country. They are not the Lumpenproletariat many comments on social media depict. They are people who were working hard and simply not managing to make enough to eat. They were forced into emigration. 6/
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These workers do not have the experience of unions and clearly form an underclass.
Sometimes their children manage to integrate in the French education system but this is not always the case and some youths return to Romania. 5/
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These people are not earning fortunes but they're not exactly bottom earners either (compare 13 EUR/h with the legal minimum 9.4 EUR/h). Their work is physically demanding and the conditions tough and they often work in Romanian-only teams. 4/
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Now, back in 2023 journalists Caroline Chambon and Julien Gouesmat wrote a very detailed article about the Romanians of Loudéac⬇️. The piece shows a much more nuanced sociological picture than the one painted by many Romanian sources. 3/
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... about the working class Romanian diaspora. Loudéac constitutes and interesting case study. It is a small town (under 10k inhabitants for the municipality proper, over 14k for the wider area) with Romanians making up a compact community of recent immigrants. 2/
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Imo there's a debate to be had if far-right parties are undergoing the de-radicalization path western communist parties took in the 70s and, ultimately, becoming part of the mainstream parliamentary system.
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Strong disagree. Antonie Iorgovan actually came up with a solid democratic constitution designed precisely to prevent the rise of strongman.
Iliescu's rise as an apex predator has other causes and they are complex.
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I share Prof. Ban's opinion⬇️ on the social rift running across Romanian society. I am very pessimistic about a Bolojan gov't involving the neolib/libertarian USR, but one can only hope...
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There is a lot to unpack. One of the main problems in Romania is that the far-right has been normalized for a long time. Here is one of the best takes I've read so far⬇️. Penned by historian Ionuț Biliuță.
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3 ans à Normale Sup + 3 ans de doctorat à Sorbonne-Paris-Nord
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Which is why "fête de l'Huma" is more than a pun. Well, there won't be any good music and no barbecue because right-wingers are boring but still...
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Very interesting source since it maps the Romanian far-right galaxy (albeit in a specific context). 3/3
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... followers I really recommend taking the time to run it through an automatic translation tool.
The second is an academic article in English by Adina Marincea and a post-print can be downloaded here⬇️. 2/
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.. them "parasites". 2) Simion openly attacked the PSD as a whole, when PSD voters are key players in this election. Dan's response was perfectly calibrated.
I don't want to sound too optimistic but if Simion keeps this up Romania might just dodge the bullet. 2/2
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Both are a big part of what got us here.
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I would add Marincea, Whistling to the Right Publics? AUR's Doublespeak in Reaction to Antisemitism Allegations
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If such a thing as divine intervention exists, now would be a good time.
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Lavric, Neamțu, Tanasă
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... and Simion accepting to play "lieutenant" to Georgescu, to use his own words. Claudiu wanted to serve the Captain not the Lieutenant. Or be the Captain if God wills it.
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Târziu, who is one of the most radical and has been active in neofascist periodicals over the past decades left AUR a short while ago but I doubt many will follow. We'll see. 2/2
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Adina Marincea called AUR a "radical return". This is a term coined in Michael Shafir's scholarship who distinguished between "radical continuity" (rooted in Ceausescu's nationalism) and "radical return" (anticommunist 1930s fanclub). I think Marincea is right when it comes to the party's cadres. 1/
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Not to be pedantic but Vadim's leadership was contested. E.g. Corneliu Bichineț who is now VP of PMP.
But overall AUR has a pool of cadres which will likely insure the party's survival independently of Simion's success (or failure).
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In any case Gheorghiu's war report, "The Banks of the Dniester are Burning", was re-published unabridged in several uncritical editions after 1989 in both Romania and Moldova. It can easily be found. It is violently antisemitic. 5/5
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... testimony of Romanian Jewish leader Wilhelm Filderman who was also living in exile.
As I already wrote on another platform, the history of diasporas is a history of the "in-between" and when it comes to Romanian exiles during the Cold War there is so much we don't know yet. 4/
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The article contains a rather shocking paragraph. It quotes far-right periodical Rivarol, which had defended Gheorghiu. The piece in Rivarol was practically denying the Romanian responsibility in the Holocaust and, allegedly, the "journalists" from Rivarol based their statements on the... 3/
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... and former FTP resistance fighter Francis Crémieux. The periodical itself is, broadly speaking, pro-Soviet. The article is mostly based on excerpts from Gheorghiu's war report "The Banks of the Dniester are Burning". 2/
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I'm with Chris. AUR is a much more cohesive party than PRM used to be.
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FYI.
www.dagensarena.se/essa/histori...
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Years pass. The young man is now an MP for the far-right party AUR and chairs the Committee for culture. Far-right parties account for over one third of the country's parliament. What does the future hold? 3/3