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{{Infobox political party
 | country             = Romania
 | name                = Justice and Truth Alliance
 | native_name         = Alianța Dreptate și Adevăr (D.A. PNL-PD)
 | logo                = [[Image:Justiceandtruth.jpg|65px|D.A. logo]]
 | colorcode           = {{party color|Justice and Truth Alliance}}
 | leader1_title       = Last leader
 | leader1_name        = [[Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu]] ([[National Liberal Party (Romania)|PNL]])<br />[[Emil Boc]] ([[Democratic Party (Romania)|PD]])
 | foundation          = 29 September 2003
 | dissolution         = 5 April 2007 <small>(de facto and de jure)</small>
 | blank1_title        = Dissolved by
 | blank1              = Ministers of the [[Democratic Party (Romania)|Democratic Party]] (PD)
 | ideology            = [[Liberalism]] ([[National Liberal Party (Romania)|PNL]])<br />[[Christian democracy]] ([[Democratic Party (Romania)|PD]])<br />[[Social democracy]] ([[Democratic Party (Romania)|PD]]) ''(Previously during the 1990s and early 2000s)''
| position = [[Centre-right politics|Centre-right]]
 | international       = [[National Liberal Party (Romania)|PNL]] ([[Liberal International]])<br />[[Democratic Party (Romania)|PD]] ([[Socialist International]], <small>Subsequently left in 2005</small>)
 | european            = [[National Liberal Party (Romania)|PNL]] ([[European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party]])<br /> [[Democratic Party (Romania)|PD]] ([[Party of European Socialists]], then [[European People's Party]])
 | europarl            = [[National Liberal Party (Romania)|PNL]] ([[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe|ALDE]])<br /> [[Democratic Party (Romania)|PD]] ([[EPP-ED]])
 | colours             = {{color box|orange|border=darkgray}} Orange (mainly)<br /> <small>{{color box|{{party color|National Liberal Party (Romania)}}|border=darkgray}} Yellow and {{color box|#0068A8|border=darkgray}} Blue; solely during the [[2004 Romanian local elections|2004 local elections]]' campaign</small>
 | website             = {{URL|http://www.dapnl-pd.ro/}}
}}

The '''Justice and Truth''' Alliance (originally in {{langx|ro|Alianța Dreptate și Adevăr}}; or '''D.A.''' for short, meaning "yes" in [[Romanian language|Romanian]]) was a political alliance comprising two [[List of political parties in Romania|political parties in Romania]], namely the [[centre-right politics|centre-right]] [[liberalism|liberal]] [[National Liberal Party (Romania)|National Liberal Party]] (PNL) and the initially [[left-wing politics|left-wing]] [[Democratic Party (Romania)|Democratic Party]] (PD), which later switched to center-right ideology.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[Ziua]]|title=PD se opune intrarii PDSR in Internationala Socialista|url=http://www.ziua.ro/display.php?id=64639&data=2001-05-25|date=25 May 2001|author=Razvan MATEESCU|language=ro}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Ziua|url=http://www.ziua.ro/display.php?data=2005-05-24&id=176812|title=PD in divort cu Internationala Socialista|date=24 May 2005|language=ro}}</ref><ref>{{in lang|ro}} [http://www.presidency.ro/pdf/date/7175_ro.pdf Interviul acordat de presedintele Romaniei, Traian Basescu, cotidianului "Evenimentul Zilei" aparut in numarul din data de 13 martie 2006. Realizat de Laurentiu Ciocazanu, Ovidiu Nahoi]</ref>

Although the [[National Union PSD+PUR]] had won the largest number of seats in the Parliament, the Justice and Truth Alliance formed the government from 2004 to 2007 in a coalition with the [[Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania]] (UDMR/RMDSZ) and the [[Conservative Party (Romania)|Conservative Party]] (PUR), which had changed sides after DA's candidate won the presidential elections.

== Background ==

The alliance had its origins in a collaboration between the two parties which began in early 2002 at the initiative of the PNL's former president, [[Valeriu Stoica]]. The creation of the alliance was formally approved on 29 September 2003 by the executives of both parties, after months of negotiations between the parties. It was established as a vehicle for of coordinating opposition efforts against the ruling [[Social Democratic Party (Romania)|Social Democratic Party]] (PSD). Its name was chosen in reference to the PSD's alleged corruption - as PNL president Theodor Stolojan put it, "we want the alliance to set us free from corruption and lies."

On 25 October 2004, the Justice and Truth alliance endorsed its co-chairman [[Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu]] (at that time also the leader of the PNL) as its leader in the [[2004 Romanian general election]]. According to Popescu-Tăriceanu, the alliance's political priorities were:

* Stimulating investments and private initiative;
* Creating of new jobs and increasing net incomes to alleviate poverty;
* Delivering a "responsible social policy" in the field of education, healthcare, pensions, and social assistance;
* Fighting corruption;
* Establishing a non-political judiciary.

In the [[2004 Romanian general election|2004 presidential election]] and the simultaneous legislative election, held on 28 November, the DA polled better than expected in both races. It came within a few percentage points behind the PSD, eliminating the previous government's majority as a result. A new post-electoral alliance was formed between the Justice and Truth (DA), the [[Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania]] (UDMR/RMDSZ), and the [[Conservative Party (Romania)|Conservative Party]] (PC), forming thus a simple majority (accounting for 54.5% of the seats) which then had the legitimacy to appoint ministers in a new grand coalition government. The protocols of the alliance between DA and UDMR were signed on 20 December 2004 while those between DA and PUR were signed on 23 December 2004.

DA's presidential candidate, [[Traian Băsescu]], won the presidential election and was subsequently the 4th President of Romania. DA, alongside the [[Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania]] (UDMR/RMDSZ) and the [[Conservative Party (Romania)|Humanist Party of Romania]] (which subsequently became the [[Conservative Party (Romania)|Conservative Party]]) both quit the ruling coalition 3 December 2006, consequently leaving the two remaining parties (i.e. PD and PNL) without a simple majority in the Parliament.

During early April 2007, Popescu-Tăriceanu dismissed the Democratic Party (PD) ministers from the government and formed a minority cabinet along with the [[Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania]] (UDMR/RMDSZ), thereby marking the end of the alliance.<ref>[http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/02/europe/EU-POL-Romania-New-Cabinet.php "Romania's prime minister names new Cabinet of minority government"], Associated Press (''International Herald Tribune''), April 2, 2007.</ref>

== Electoral history ==
=== Legislative elections ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
! rowspan="2" |Election
! colspan="3" |[[Chamber of Deputies (Romania)|Chamber]]
! colspan="3" |[[Senate of Romania|Senate]]
! rowspan="2" |Position
! rowspan="2" |Aftermath
|-
!Votes
!%
!Seats
!Votes
!%
!Seats
|-
!rowspan=2|[[2004 Romanian general election|2004]]
|rowspan=2|3,191,546
|rowspan=2|31.33
|rowspan=2|{{Composition bar|112|332|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (Romania)}}}}
|rowspan=2|3,250,663
|rowspan=2|31.77
|rowspan=2|{{Composition bar|49|137|hex={{party color|Democratic Party (Romania)}}}}
|rowspan=2; style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|Silver|2nd}}<sup>1</sup>
|{{yes2|DA-[[Conservative Party (Romania)|PUR]]-[[Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania|UDMR/RMDSZ]] (2004–2007)}}
|-
|{{no2|[[National Liberal Party (Romania)|PNL]]-[[Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania|UDMR]] minority government}} (2007–2008)<br />
|}

'''Notes''':

<sup>1</sup> <small>Justice and Truth Alliance members: [[National Liberal Party (Romania)|PNL]] (28 senators and 64 deputies) and [[Democratic Party (Romania)|PD]] (21 senators and 48 deputies).</small>

===Presidential elections===
{| class=wikitable width=100%
! rowspan=2|Election
! rowspan=2|Candidate
! colspan=3|First round
! colspan=3|Second round
|-
!Votes
!Percentage
!Position
!Votes
!Percentage
!Position
|-align=center
! [[2004 Romanian general election|2004]]
| {{yes2|'''[[Traian Băsescu]]'''}} || 3,545,236 || {{Percentage bar|33.9|c={{party color|Democratic Party (Romania)}}}} || {{color box|Silver|2nd}} || 5,126,794 || {{Percentage bar|51.2|c={{party color|Democratic Party (Romania)}}}} || {{color box|Gold|1st}}
|}

== Notable members ==
* [[Theodor Stolojan]] ([[National Liberal Party (Romania)|PNL]])
* [[Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu]] ([[National Liberal Party (Romania)|PNL]])
* [[Traian Băsescu]] ([[Democratic Party (Romania)|PD]])
* [[Emil Boc]] ([[Democratic Party (Romania)|PD]])

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050212040228/http://www.dapnl-pd.ro/ Official website]

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