Christian Liberal Alliance Alianța Creștin-Liberală | |
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Leader | Klaus Iohannis (PNL) Vasile Blaga (PDL) |
Founded | 22 July 2014 |
Dissolved | 16 November 2014[a] |
Ideology | Christian democracy Social conservatism Economic liberalism Popularism Right-wing populism[1] Pro-Europeanism |
Political position | Center-right to right-wing |
European affiliation | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (PNL) European People's Party (PDL) |
European Parliament group | ALDE Group (PNL) EPP Group (PDL) |
International affiliation | Liberal International (PNL) Centrist Democrat International (PDL) |
Constituent parties | PNL PDL |
The Christian Liberal Alliance (Romanian: Alianța Creștin-Liberală, ACL), also known as the PNL-PDL Alliance (Romanian: Alianța PNL-PDL), was a centre-right[2] electoral alliance in Romania.
The alliance was founded on 28 July 2014 by the National Liberal Party (PNL) and Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) prior to a planned future merger between the two parties in order to field a joint presidential candidate in the 2014 presidential election.[3][4] In August 2014, the parties selected Klaus Iohannis, PNL party president and mayor of Sibiu (German: Hermannstadt), as presidential candidate.[5][6]
In the first round of the 2014 presidential election held on 2 November 2014, ACL candidate Iohannis received 30.4% of the vote, coming in second place behind Victor Ponta, the Social Democratic Party (PSD) candidate and incumbent Prime Minister of Romania.[7] In the runoff election held on 16 November 2014, Iohannis received 54.5% of the vote, becoming the surprise victor of the Romanian presidency.[8] The alliance was disbanded on 17 November 2014 upon the merger of PNL and PDL.[9]
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