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Partidul Naţional Liberal National Liberal Party
Leader	Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu
Senate Leader	Puiu Haşotti
Chamber Leader	George-Crin-Laurenţiu Antonescu
Founded	January-March 1875, dissolved in 1947[1] and re-established/founded in January 1990[2]
Headquarters	Bd. Aviatorilor 86 Bucharest
Political Ideology	Liberalism
International Affiliation	Liberal International
European Affiliation	European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party
European Parliament Group	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
Colours	Yellow and blue
Website	www.pnl.ro
See also	Politics of Romania Political parties 2004 elections

Map of the Romanian counties based on the party of the president of the County Council
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The Partidul Naţional Liberal (National Liberal Party) is a liberal party in Romania, and the second largest party in parliament, being edged out only by the Social Democratic Party. Until April 2007, it was the largest member of the governing Justice and Truth alliance, which enjoyed a parliamentary majority due to an alliance between the Liberal Party, the Democratic Party, and the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania. In April 2007, the current prime-minister, Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, who is also the party leader, formed a minority government only with Democratic Union of Hungarians.

The party is a member of Liberal International and the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party.

The party adheres to the doctrine of liberalism, advocating both economic and social liberalisation. In recent years, it has focussed more on economic liberalism. For example, one of its main election promises for the 2004 legislative election was the introduction of a flat tax rate of 16% for personal income and corporate profits. Because the Liberal Party became part of the governing coalition, it managed to introduce this change, hence giving Romania one of the most liberal tax policies in Europe.

The National Liberal Party also supports the neutrality of the state in moral and religious issues, as well as the privatisation and denationalisation of the economy, a trend which is currently taking place quite rapidly in Romania, as in other post-communist economies.

Additionally, the party supports the introduction of a parliamentary system (where the president would be elected by the parliament rather than by the people) to replace Romania's current semi-presidential system, which is based on the French model. It also advocates a decentralisation of Romania's political structure, with greater autonomy given to the eight development regions.

With regard to EU politics, the National Liberal Party has adopted the following stances:

• Supports EU enlargement to the Western Balkans
• Supports EU membership for Turkey, as long as it satisfies membership criteria
• Supports the accession of Moldova to the EU, in the same wave as the Western Balkans
• Supports a reformed European Constitution
• Supports reform of the Common Agricultural Policy
• Opposes a common EU tax policy
• Opposes a common EU social policy
• Supports a common EU migration policy
• Supports a common EU defence and security policy
• Supports a partnership between the US and the EU, where the EU is an "equal and critical" partner.

• National Liberal Youth (Tineretul Naţional Liberal (TNL)) www.tnl.ro
• Liberal Student Clubs (Cluburile Studenţeşti Liberale (CSL)) www.csl.ro
• Liberal Women Organisation (Organizaţia Femeilor Liberale (OFL)) www.onfl.ro
• Liberal Collegial Group (Gruparea Colegială Liberală (GCL))

The party's logo, as shown on the party flag

• Cliveti, Gheorghe, Liberalismul românesc. Eseu istoriografic, Editura Fundaţiei “AXIS”, Iaşi, 1996;

• Istoricul PNL de la 1848 până astăzi, Bucureşti, 1923;

• Rădulescu – Zoner, Şerban (coord.), Cliveti, Gheorghe, Stan, Apostol, Onişoru, Gheorghe, Şandru, Dumitru, Istoria Partidului Naţional Liberal, Editura All, Bucureşti, 2000;

• Stan, Apostol, Iosa, Mircea, Liberalismul politic în România. De la origini până la 1918, Editura Enciclopedică, Bucureşti, 1996;

• Naumescu, Valentin,Despre liberalism în România.Realităţi,dileme, perspective, EFES, Cluj-Napoca, 2001;

• Şomlea,Vasile-Florin, Mişcarea liberală din România post'1989,Editura Ecumenica Press, Cluj-Napoca, 2006.

• Liberalism
• Contributions to liberal theory
• Liberalism worldwide
• List of liberal parties
• Liberal democracy
• Liberalism in Romania

• National Liberal Party official site
• National Liberal Youth official site
• Liberal Students Clubs official site
• Organization of Liberal Women official site
• League of the Local Representatives of the National Liberal Party official site

v • d • e Political parties in Romania
Represented in the Chamber of Deputies (329)	Social Democratic Party (103) - National Liberal Party (54) - Democratic Party (53) - Greater Romania Party (29) - Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (22) - Conservative Party (16) - Ethnic minorities parties (18; 1 each; including Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania - Party of the Roma) - Independents (31)
Represented in the Senate (137)	Social Democratic Party (43) - National Liberal Party (24) - Democratic Party (23) - Greater Romania Party (16) - Conservative Party (10) - Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (9) - Independents (11)
Represented in the European Parliament (35)	Democratic Party (13) - Social Democratic Party (10) - National Liberal Party (6) - Liberal Democratic Party (3) - Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (2) - Independent member (1)
Not represented in Parliament*	New Generation Party (2.30%) - Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party (1.89%) - Ecologist Party of Romania (0.77%) - People's Action (0.49%) - Socialist Alliance Party (0.32%) - Liberal Democratic Party - National Initiative Party - Green Party *average 2004 result for the two chambers given in parentheses
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