 At some point during that interval, Vlad was attested as a card-carrying member of the PC, and a party eminence—alongside Filipescu, Ottulescu, and Periețeanu.For his part, Filipescu was a staunch critic of the Guard's fascism, particularly alarmed by the possibility of an alliance between Romania and Nazi Germany.In December 1936, at the Conservative Club, he spoke in favor of a "moderate-party" union against both fascism and communism, criticizing the Romanian far-right as faux conservatives.