ABSTRACT
In the inter-war period, Romania benefited from a parliamentary democracy in the 1920s, with the two largest parties, the Liberal Party and the National Peasant Party, playing a preeminent role. In the first year, the government was backed by Iliescu's Party of Social Democracy in Romania, the Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party, and the Democratic Farmers' Party of Romania. The governing coalition was preserved, as none of the major political parties were seeking early parliamentary elections, which could have imperiled essential reforms and undermined international confidence in Romania's progress. However, there was no formal coalition agreement with the governing bloc, which consisted of the Party of Social Democracy, the Romanian National Unity Party, the Greater Romania Party, and the Socialist Party of Labor. The Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania became more of an alliance than a political party, and although open to all Romanian citizens, it was principally a Hungarian movement.
