Reţeaua consulară a României din Franţa (1924-1926)

Ionel DOCTORU

DOI: 10.47743/asui-2024-0004

Abstract: The period between the summer of 1924 and the beginning of 1926 brought along with it a series of changes in French domestic politics, as well as in its external politics. After a brief period of instability, along with the appointment of the new Minister Plenipotentiary, Constantin Diamandi, there has been an intensification of efforts to materialize the Franco-Romanian treaty within the Romanian Legation in Paris. The work of the new head of the legation was to be extended to the entire French state, so the Romanian consular network took over this effort and expanded it at regional level. In this context, the links between the consulates and the Legation, as well as the connections that the consuls had in France, were important elements that were to facilitate the actions of the Romanian diplomatic corps. The change at the level of the Romanian Legation in Paris also brought about changes within the consular network. The personality of the new Minister Plenipotentiary and his methods were factors that created a new climate and new relations between the diplomatic staff and the consulates. The Romanian consular network had to adapt, and the new circumstances were not to affect its work, but on the contrary to stimulate it and create new opportunities to fulfil the directives sent from Bucharest.

Keywords: consular network; legation; politics; France; consulates; interwar period.