Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (Romania)

Not to be confused with Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.

Alliance of Liberals and Democrats
Alianța Liberalilor și Democraților
FounderCălin Popescu-Tăriceanu
Founded19 June 2015
Dissolved22 March 2022
Merger ofLiberal Reformist Party (PLR) and Conservative Party (PC)
Merged intoNational Liberal Party
Ideology
Political positionCentre[3][4] to centre-right[5][6][7]
National affiliationPSD–ALDE Alliance (2015–2019)
Regional affiliationLiberal South East European Network
European affiliationAlliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (2015–2019)
International affiliationLiberal International (Observer)
Colours  Blue
  Gold
Website
alde.ro

The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (Romanian: Alianța Liberalilor și Democraților, ALDE) was a minor nominally liberal political party in Romania[1] which was officially absorbed in its entirety by the National Liberal Party (PNL), from which it initially seceded in 2015, during late March 2022.[8] Throughout its relatively short political history, it was mostly associated with the Social Democratic Party (PSD) at governance, firstly between 2014 and 2015 and the once more for the last time between 2017 and 2019.

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