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Kingdom of Romania in 1939. On 13 April 1939, France and the United Kingdom had pledged to guarantee the independence of the Kingdom of Romania. Negotiations with the Soviet Union concerning a similar guarantee collapsed when Romania refused to allow the Red Army to cross its frontiers.
Diplomatic relations between the two countries date back to 1880, when mutual legations were opened, although contacts between France and Romania's precursor states stretch into the Middle Ages. [1] Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe, the European Union and NATO. Since 1993, Romania is a member of the Francophonie.
Romania becomes the first European country to abolish the death penalty. [161] This, however, did not last, it is now abolished in Romania since 1990. [162] 1866: On February 22, Alexandru Ioan Cuza is forced to sign his abdication, which was mainly caused by the Agrarian Reform from 1863 that made him many enemies [citation needed].
Soviet occupation of Romania; Paris Peace Treaties, 1947; Romania lost again Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina, to USSR, back to the border of 1940; Second Vienna Award was annulled (Romania re-gained control of Northern Transylvania, lost to Hungary in 1940) Bulgaria kept control of Southern Dobruja, as of 1940; Communist regime installed in ...
Romania relied on regional alliances and protection from France and the United Kingdom at the west. However, soon Nazi Germany defeated France, causing great concern in the country. Since it was already apparent that the West could no longer protect Romania, the Soviet Union occupied Bessarabia, Northern Bukovina and the Hertsa region in 1940 ...
The 1920 Treaty of Paris was an act signed by Romania and the principal Allied Powers of the time (France, United Kingdom, Italy and Japan) whose purpose was the recognition of Romanian sovereignty over Bessarabia. [1] The treaty, however, never came into force because Japan failed to ratify it. [2] [3]
Trade is mostly centred on the member states of the European Union, with Germany, Italy and France being the country's single largest trading partners. After a series of privatisations and reforms in the late 1990s and 2000s, government intervention in the Romanian economy is somewhat less than in other European economies. [191]
The Great National Assembly of Alba Iulia (December 1, 1918) First page of Transilvania newspaper from December 1918, referring to the event. On December 1, 1918 (N.S., November 18 O.S.), the National Assembly of Romanians of Transylvania and Hungary, consisting of 1,228 elected representatives of Romanians in Transylvania, Banat, Crișana and Maramureș, convened in Alba Iulia and decreed (by ...