Christian Liberal Alliance

The Christian Liberal Alliance (Romanian: Alianța Creștin-Liberală, ACL), also known as the PNL-PDL Alliance (Romanian: Alianța PNL-PDL), was an electoral alliance in Romania.

AbbreviationACL

LeaderKlaus Iohannis (PNL)
Vasile Blaga (PDL)

Founded22 July 2014

Dissolved16 November 2014^[a]

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Christian Liberal Alliance Alianța Creștin-Liberală
Abbreviation	ACL
Leader	Klaus Iohannis (PNL) Vasile Blaga (PDL)
Founded	22 July 2014
Dissolved	16 November 2014[a]
Ideology	Christian democracy Liberalism
Political position	Centre-right[1]
European affiliation	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party European People's Party
European Parliament group	ALDE Group EPP Group
International affiliation	Liberal International Centrist Democrat International
Constituent parties	National Liberal Party Democratic Liberal Party
Colours	Yellow   Blue
Politics of Romania Political parties Elections

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Placed on the centre-right of the political spectrum,^[1] 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.^[2][3] In August 2014, the parties selected Klaus Iohannis, PNL party president and mayor of Sibiu (German: Hermannstadt), as presidential candidate.^[4][5]

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.^[6] In the runoff election held on 16 November 2014, Iohannis received 54.5% of the vote, becoming the surprise victor of the Romanian presidency.^[7] The alliance was disbanded on 17 November 2014 upon the merger of PNL and PDL.^[8]