The Concordat Between the Kingdom of Romania and the Holy See. Diplomatic Concessions and Canonical Exemptions in the Ratification Process

Definitive for the unitary and organic structure of the Romanian state, the minority component imposed itself in the foreign policy strategy, as an element of articulation of diplomatic relations with the Holy see during the interwar period. The approach of the Romanian legislator in the normative field regarding ethnic and religious minorities interfered with the imperatives of the Holy See in the elaboration and, subsequently, in the ratification of the Concordat between the two states. The article proposes a brief analysis of the blocking elements that stood out in the ratification process of the Concordat between the Kingdom of Romania and the Holy See, highlighting the contradictory understanding or use of the minority component as a negotiation tool in foreign policy.