Ona je formirana četiri mjeseca nakon izbora, nakon oduženih pregovora među takozvanim "demokratskim blokom" - Demokratskom partijom (DP) predsjednika Borisa Tadića, Demokratskom strankom Srbije premijera Vojislava Koštunice i G17 Plus.
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.