Social Liberal Union

Social Liberal Union Uniunea Social Liberală
Leader	Victor Ponta (PSD) Crin Antonescu (PNL) Daniel Constantin (PC) Gabriel Oprea (UNPR)
Co-President	Victor Ponta
Co-President	Crin Antonescu
Founded	5 February 2011
Dissolved	25 February 2014
Headquarters	Șoseaua Kiseleff nr. 57 011344 Bucharest
Colors	Red, yellow, blue
Senate^[a]	135 / 171
Chamber of Deputies^[a]	289 / 404
County Council Presidents^[b]	37 / 41
County Councils^[b]	728 / 1,338
Mayors^[c]	1,969 / 3,121
Local Councils^[c]	20,420 / 39,121
Website
http://www.uslonline.ro/
^^ Seats obtained at the 2012 election ^^ Seats obtained at the 2012 election ^^ Seats computed by adding all the seats obtained at the 2012 election by the Union and the constituent parties at the time of the election

The Social Liberal Union (Romanian: Uniunea Social Liberală, USL) was a coalition of political parties in Romania. The alliance contained both centre-left and centre-right parties.

History

Formation

The USL was formed on 5 February 2011^[1] 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)^[2] and entered into 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.^[3]

Dissolution

After the Centre Right Alliance 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 broke up the coalition on 25 February 2014 and entered opposition.^[4]

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) as a precursor to a full merger of the PNL and PDL.

References

1. Romanian opposition parties join forces, SE Times, 06/02/2011
2. UNPR a format cu PSD Alianţa de Centru Stânga, parte a USL, Manciu Andi and Ioana Câmpean, Mediafax
3. Focus Fen
4. http://sofiaglobe.com/2014/02/25/romanias-liberals-to-leave-ruling-coalition-government/