King Carol II dissolves Parliament

Two months after a mixed election, Romania's King Carol II dissolved the parliament there. He also ended the Cuza-Goga government. Both men were highly Anti-Semitic.

Those close to the King believe that the Anti-Semitic rhetoric and newly instilled laws against Romanian Jews upset the King. He is considered a true philo-semite and has not hid his displeasure at the increasing public dislike of Jews.

Jews in Romania still citizens?

The new government, barely a fortnight old, has stripped the Romanian Jews of citizenship. The government is now run by poet Octavian Goga and A.C. Cuza, a theorist from the University of Iaşi. Both have strong far right politics and racial theories.

The Goga-Cuza government has passed a law aimed at reviewing criteria for citizenship (after it cast allegations that previous cabinets had allowed Ukrainian Jews to obtain it illegally). All Jews who had received citizenship in 1918-1919 to reapply for it (while providing a very short term in which this could be achieved - 20 days).

In the recent election, 25% of the vote went to Anti-Semitic political parties: the Totul pentru Ţară, the Iron Guard, and the National Christian Party. Both are considered extreme right-wing and very nationalist.

Jews excluded from Professional Associations

In Romania, a measure largely illegal, bars all Jews from Professional Associations such as those for physicians, businessman and attorneys. For some professions such legal ones, being accepted into a professional association is required to actively practice that profession.

Romania will likely see a shortage of practicing physicians in the near future.