The National Fascist Movement ( ro, Mișcarea Națională Fascistă, MNF) was a
Romania
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n political movement formed in 1923 by the merger of the
National Romanian Fascia and the
National Italo-Romanian Cultural and Economic Movement.
With its roots in an avowedly pro-
Italian
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group, the MNF also became close supporters of the Italian model of
Fascism
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- although the movement also admired the methods of ''
Action Française
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''.
Chronology of Romanian Fascism
The movement did not enjoy the success that it had hoped for, largely because of its attachment to foreign influences, and it was ultimately superseded by the Iron Guard, which offered a more domestic form of fascism.
References
Political parties established in 1923
Defunct political parties in Romania
Fascist parties in Romania
1923 establishments in Romania
Romanian nationalist parties
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