 The Liberal Democrats also advocated a closer co-operation with the Democratic Party (PD) and President Traian Băsescu.The PNL and the PD were part of the Justice and Truth governing alliance until Tăriceanu dismissed the PD ministers in April 2007 and formed a minority government with the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), marking the end of the alliance.The members of the PLD had initially grouped themselves in an informal organisation known as the Liberal Platform ("Platforma Liberală").