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Conservative Party (Romania, 1880–1918) played an important role in the politics of Romania. In the early 20th century, the party underwent several schisms. In January 1908, Take Ionescu left to found the Conservative Democratic Party ("Partidul Conservator-Democrat", PCD). In May 1915, Nicolae Filipescu led a group out of the party that favored joining World War I on the "Entente" side; in October 1916, the Filipescu and Ionescu groups fused as the Conservative Nationalist Party ("Partidul Conservator Naţionalist"). In 1918–19 the party split into the "Partidul Conservator-Democrat" (which, in 1922, fused with the National Party) and the short-lived "Partidul Conservator-Progresist". Conservative Party (Romania, 1880–1918) The