It was formed four months after the election, following protracted negotiations among the so-called "democracy bloc" – President Boris Tadic's Democratic Party (DP), Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica's Democratic Party of Serbia, and G17 Plus.
Ustrojena je četiri mjeseca nakon izbora, nakon dugih pregovora među takozvanim "demokratskim blokom" -- kojeg čine Demokratska stranka Borisa Tadića (DS), Demokratska stranka Srbije Vojislava Koštunice i G17 Plus.