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| 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]