[2] The electoral list was launched in November 2017 by two liberal and pro-Europeanist parties, the Italian Radicals, whose leading members included Emma Bonino, Riccardo Magi and Marco Cappato, and the newborn Forza Europa, led by Benedetto Della Vedova, with the goal to take part in the next general election under the leadership of Emma Bonino.

[18] Then the President of More Europe Gianfranco Spadaccia presented a proposal that foresees a transitional Statute, introduces the role of a Coordinator and the creation of an Executive Council composed by 15 members (5 from each of the founder parties), the direct recruitment of individual citizens as members, a constituent congress to be held before the European elections that establishes the definitive statute.

[21] In collaboration with Magi, Spadaccia makes the final proposal, which is approved unanimously by the three political subjects before the deadline, which provides for the appointment of a coordinator and two deputies and sets the date for the congress for January 2019.

Once back in Italy, Cappato denounced himself to the police and in October 2018 the Constitutional Court requested the Parliament to fill the legislative gap within a year.

President of Forza Europa, coming from the experience of Libertiamo, his candidacy was focused on the concerns of the economic conditions of Italy and the intensification of tensions, hoping for a role of aggregation from the European Union.

[33] The last to express his candidacy was the member of the Chamber of Deputies Alessandro Fusacchia, who proposed a collective leadership in the party, the valorisation of local groups and the promotion of activities through the online exchange of ideas and opinions, exploiting new technologies.

[34] One day before the deadline for submitting nominations as Secretary, Paola Renata Radaelli's candidacy was admitted, managing to collect the 200 subscriptions required to take part at the Congress on 25–27 January.

The list that supported her candidacy in the Assembly, "In Europe yes, but not like that", had as top candidate Gerardo Meridio, national coordinator of Moderates in Revolution, the party of Gianpiero Samorì founded for the primaries of the centre-right of 2012 that were then cancelled.

Piercamillo Falasca on his social media claimed that it was a "hostile takeover" organized by a "group of sovereignists", while Silvja Manzi, administrator of More Europe, confirmed that the members' increase was "unusual", promising thorough checks.

[38] Silvja Manzi actually found out that 191 registrations, including that of Radaelli and Gerardo Meridio, were irregular, resulting in the exclusion of her candidacy and the list linked to her.

[57][58][59] The main suspects behind the operation were Bruno Tabacci and the former candidate for mayor of Palermo Fabrizio Ferrandelli, who supported Benedetto Della Vedova at the Congress.

[63] Michele Boldrin, one of the external supporter of Marco Cappato, said that Della Vedova must "start to be ashamed", while Emma Bonino, the founder, preferred not to comment on the incident.

[63][68] One week after the Congress, Cappato announces that he no longer wanted to be part of the governing bodies of More Europe, until the case has been cleared, and regretting the silence of the party leaders.