Formation The USL was formed on 5 February 2011 initially between the
Social Democratic Party (PSD), and the
Centre Right Alliance (ACD) of
National Liberal Party (PNL) and the
Conservative Party (PC).
2012 elections In June 2012, the USL won the
local elections by a landslide. After the elections, in September, the
National Union for the Progress of Romania (UNPR), originally a breakaway from PSD and PNL, together with the PSD formed the
Centre Left Alliance (ACS) and entered the USL. At the
parliamentary elections in December, the four-party coalition won about two thirds of the seats in both the
Senate and the
Chamber of Deputies.
Dissolution After the
Centre Right Alliance (ACD) of PNL and PC dissolved in November 2013, the PC turned
leftwards and aligned more with PSD and UNPR. As a result, the
centre-right National Liberal Party (PNL) broke up the coalition on 25 February 2014 and entered opposition. In the
2014 presidential election, PSD, UNPR, and PC would designate
Victor Ponta as their united candidate, while the PNL formed a new
Christian Liberal Alliance (ACL) with the
Democratic Liberal Party (PDL), supporting
Klaus Iohannis. == Members ==