The alliance was founded on 28 July 2014 by the National Liberal Party (PNL) and Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) prior to a planned future merger between the two parties in order to field a joint presidential candidate in the 2014 presidential election.

[3][4] In August 2014, the parties selected Klaus Iohannis, PNL party president and mayor of Sibiu (German: Hermannstadt), as presidential candidate.

[5][6] In the first round of the 2014 presidential election held on 2 November 2014, ACL candidate Iohannis received 30.4% of the vote, coming in second place behind Victor Ponta, the Social Democratic Party (PSD) candidate and incumbent Prime Minister of Romania.

[7] In the runoff election held on 16 November 2014, Iohannis received 54.5% of the vote, becoming the surprise victor of the Romanian presidency.

[8] The alliance was disbanded on 17 November 2014 upon the merger of PNL and PDL.