Christian Liberal Alliance

Christian Liberal Alliance Alianța Creștin-Liberală
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
Politics of Romania Political parties Elections

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]

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Election	Candidate	First round			Second round
		Votes	Percentage	Position	Votes	Percentage	Position
2014	Klaus Iohannis	2,881,406	30.3%	2nd	6,288,769	54.4%	1st

Notes

1. When the Democratic Liberal Party merged into the National Liberal Party

References

1. Tismăneanu, Vladimir (12 August 2014). "Șamanism peronist și principii democratice: Klaus Iohannis, Vasile Blaga și avatarurile PNL-PDL". Radio Europa Liberă (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 29 April 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
2. Radu Cinpoes (2015). "Political Culture and Participation: Between Enthusiasm and Indifference?". In Lavinia Stan; Diane Vancea (eds.). Post-Communist Romania at Twenty-Five: Linking Past, Present, and Future. Lexington Books. p. 109. ISBN 978-1-4985-0110-1.
3. "Romania Opposition Parties Merge Before Elections | Balkan Insight". 28 July 2014.
4. Serban Georgescu (22 July 2014). "PNL and PDL form the Christian Liberal Alliance". nineoclock.ro. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
5. "Romania's Christian Liberal Alliance chooses its presidential candidate | Romania-Insider.com". Archived from the original on 2014-11-04. Retrieved 2014-11-04.
6. http://www.ziuanews.ro/politica/sigla-acl-a-intrat-de-luni-in-productie-128950^{[permanent dead link‍]}
7. "Romania's PM Ponta wins first round of presidential election". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2023-04-04.
8. "Romanians elected Klaus Iohannis their new president for the next five years". TheDiplomat.ro. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
9. "Alianţa Creştin-Liberală desființată oficial. PDL-iștii sunt de astăzi PNL-iști!". Archived from the original on 2014-12-05. Retrieved 2014-11-29.