Romanian Hearth Union Formation February 1990[ 1] Type NGO Region served
Romania
The Romanian Hearth Union [ 2] [ 3] or Romanian Hearth Federation [ 4] (Romanian : Uniunea Vatra Românească ) is a far-right nationalist movement[ 5] and civic organization,[ 2] founded in Târgu Mureș in 1990.[ 4]
One of the founding members of the Hearth Union was Ion Iliescu .[ 6] [ 7] The main purpose of the organization is to save Romanians "hunted down in their own country" from the Hungarians viewed as "hordes plaguing humanity".[ 4] The emergence of the "Romanian Hearth" was helped by ex-Securitate officers.[ 4] The organization has been described by various sources as quasi-fascist,[ 8] radical nationalist,[ 4] xenophobic ultra-nationalist,[ 9] anti-Hungarian[ 10] and anti-Semitic .[ 11] It was associated with the former political party of Romanian National Unity Party (PUNR),[ 4] but had also ties to the Social Democracy Party of Romania (PDSR),[ 12] Greater Romania Party (PRM) and the Democratic Agrarian Party of Romania (PDAR).[ 13]
The Union received support from the then-ruling National Salvation Front and president Iliescu, hoping to increase the popularity of the front in the area of Transylvania.[ 14] [ 15] In 1992, the Union had around 4 million supporters, and the PUNR formed electoral coalitions with Iliescu's Democratic National Salvation Front in several Transylvanian counties for the 1992 election .[ 16] PUNR was part of the political coalition that governed Romania between 1992-1996.
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^ Harden, Blaine (1990-03-21). "Hungary protests Romanian mob action" . The Washington Post . Archived from the original on 2017-07-22. Retrieved 2017-07-22 .
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^ Gale Stokes, The Walls Came Tumbling Down: The Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe , Oxford University Press, 1993, p. 174
^ Robert Bideleux, Ian Jeffries, The Balkans: A Post-Communist History , Routledge, 2007, p. 144
^ Juliana Geran Pilon, The Bloody Flag: Post-Communist Nationalism in Eastern Europe : Spotlight on Romania , Transaction Publishers, 1982, p. 67
^ Joseph F. Harrington, American-Romanian Relations, 1989-2004: From Pariah To Partner , East European Monographs, 2004, p. 34
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^ Jenne, Erin K. (30 May 2014). Ethnic Bargaining: The Paradox of Minority Empowerment . Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-7179-7 .
^ https://web.archive.org/web/20170724104801/http://revista22online.ro/58046/.html
^ Ethnic Politics in Eastern Europe: A Guide to Nationality Policies, Organizations, and Parties . M.E. Sharpe. ISBN 978-0-7656-1911-2 .