However, both the PSD and CDS–PP later agreed to contest the 2014 European elections under a joint list called the Portugal Alliance.

In the 2015 legislative election, PSD and CDS-PP ran together in a coalition called Portugal Ahead.

[1] After the 2022 legislative election and for the first time in history, CDS–PP failed to win any seats and was wiped out of parliament.

In December 2023, Luís Montenegro and Nuno Melo announced a coalition for the 2024 legislative and European Parliament elections, including the Social Democratic Party (PPD/PSD), the CDS – People's Party (CDS–PP) and some independent politicians under the name Democratic Alliance (AD).

[9] PSD leader Luís Montenegro was sworn in as Prime Minister, under a minority government, on 2 April 2024.