Christian Liberal Alliance Explained

Colorcode:
  1. 13A0E7
Country:Romania
Native Name:Alianța Creștin-Liberală
Founded:22 July 2014
Dissolved:16 November 2014
Leader:Klaus Iohannis (PNL)
Vasile Blaga (PDL)
Ideology:Christian democracy
Social conservatism
Economic liberalism
Popularism
Right-wing populism[1]
Pro-Europeanism
European:Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (PNL)
European People's Party (PDL)
Europarl:ALDE Group (PNL)
EPP Group (PDL)
International:Liberal International (PNL)
Centrist Democrat International (PDL)
Position:Center-right to right-wing
Affiliation1 Title:Constituent parties
Affiliation1:PNL
PDL

The Christian Liberal Alliance (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Alianța Creștin-Liberală, ACL), also known as the PNL-PDL Alliance (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: 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

Notes and References

  1. News: Tismăneanu . Vladimir . Șamanism peronist și principii democratice: Klaus Iohannis, Vasile Blaga și avatarurile PNL-PDL . Radio Europa Liberă . 29 April 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240429213230/https://moldova.europalibera.org/a/26525376.html . 29 April 2024 . ro . 12 August 2014 . live.
  2. Book: Radu Cinpoes. Political Culture and Participation: Between Enthusiasm and Indifference?. Lavinia Stan. Diane Vancea. Post-Communist Romania at Twenty-Five: Linking Past, Present, and Future. https://books.google.com/books?id=I2zHCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA109. 2015. Lexington Books. 978-1-4985-0110-1. 109.
  3. Web site: Romania Opposition Parties Merge Before Elections Balkan Insight. 28 July 2014.
  4. Web site: Serban Georgescu. PNL and PDL form the Christian Liberal Alliance. nineoclock.ro. 22 July 2014. 30 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304120400/http://www.nineoclock.ro/pnl-and-pdl-form-the-christian-liberal-alliance/. 4 March 2016. dead.
  5. Web site: Romania's Christian Liberal Alliance chooses its presidential candidate | Romania-Insider.com. 2014-11-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20141104183314/http://www.romania-insider.com/romanias-christian-liberal-alliance-chooses-its-presidential-candidate/129498/. 2014-11-04. dead.
  6. http://www.ziuanews.ro/politica/sigla-acl-a-intrat-de-luni-in-productie-128950{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  7. Web site: Romania's PM Ponta wins first round of presidential election . . https://web.archive.org/web/20230404201848/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-romania-election-idUSKBN0IL3BN20141103 . 2023-04-04 . live .
  8. Web site: Romanians elected Klaus Iohannis their new president for the next five years . 17 November 2014 . TheDiplomat.ro . 30 December 2015.
  9. Web site: Alianţa Creştin-Liberală desființată oficial. PDL-iștii sunt de astăzi PNL-iști! . 2014-11-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141205041129/http://www.ziarulunirea.ro/alianta-crestin-liberala-desfiintata-oficial-pdl-istii-sunt-de-astazi-pnl-isti-296397.html . 2014-12-05 . dead .