Back to the past – Chances of Restoring Monarchy in Romania in the 21st Century

Abstract

There are twelve monarchies in Europe. However, this enumeration concerns exclusively those states that have a royal head of state, and does not apply to the republics which manifest growing approval of restoring monarchies, such as Romania. In order to draw the final conclusions, I conducted nine interviews with Romanian researchers and experts on the subject of monarchy in Romania. This article is a result of the project “Then and now – Romanian monarchical tradition and pro-monarchist tendencies in Romanian society” completed during a short-term visit at the University of Bucharest in Romania (from 1 to 30 November 2021) organised and financed from the funds of the Student and Scholar Exchange Program within the framework of bilateral cooperation (NAWA). The final results show that even though there are some social-legal impediments, monarchy is again considered to be a viable political system in Romania in place of the republic.