Modern National Liberalism
In Austria, national liberalism has remained the basis of one of the three Lager, or ideological camps, in the country. Historically, this has been represented by the Freedom Party, but they have recently been joined by a splinter, the Alliance for the Future of Austria.
Germany's Free Democratic Party continues to have a national liberal faction, which holds a more eurosceptic position to the rest of the party.
In Romania national liberals are represented by the National Liberal Party (PNL), which was founded in 1875 and played a very prominent role in the political history of the country until the instauration of the communist regime, in late 1947. The PNL was revived after the fall of communism, in 1990, and it is now the second largest political party in the country. Since 2010 it has allied itself with the centre-left Social Democratic Party (PSD), forming the Social Liberal Union which is governing Romania as of 2013.
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