Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (Romania)


The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats is a liberal political party in Romania.

History

The party was founded on 19 June 2015 following a merger of the Liberal Reformist Party and Conservative Party. On 19 November 2015 the party was admitted into the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.
In the 2016 legislative election on 11 December 2016, ALDE received 5.6% of the vote and 20 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, and 6.0% of the vote and 6 seats in the Senate.
On 19 December 2016, party co-presidents Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu and Daniel Constantin signed an accord with Social Democratic Party leader Liviu Dragnea to form a new coalition government with ALDE as the junior partner.
On 30 May 2019 the party withdrew from the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. The relation between ALDE Romania and ALDE Europe were strained after the ALDE-supported government coalition had passed laws that were deemed by the Venice Commission and ALDE Europe to undermine the independence of the judiciary. The leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, Guy Verhofstadt, had participated previously at a rally of the oppositional USR-PLUS.
ALDE Romania withdrew from their coalition with the Social Democratic Party on 26 August 2019 and moved to opposition.

Electoral history

Legislative elections

Presidential elections

Notes:
1 Mircea Diaconu was the candidate of the "One Man" Alliance; alliance members: Pro Romania and ALDE.

European elections

ElectionVotesPercentageMEPsPositionEU PartyEP Group
2019372,7604.11%ALDE—