Contesting the election in October 2007 in St. Gallen and Zurich, the party won three seats in the National Council.

A month later, the party won a seat in the Council of States, with Verena Diener representing Zurich.

[11]: 513 The GLP was one of the leading political parties for legalising same-sex marriage in Switzerland, in which it was adopted in an optional referendum on 26 September 2021.

In October 2021, the GLP introduced a new, refreshed logo with the French slogan créateurs d'avenir (creators of the future).

[17] At the same time, the GLP supports the promotion of green technologies and cleantech through tax credits as an economic opportunity.

It supports Switzerland maintaining a balanced fiscal budget and continued tax competition between the Swiss cantons.

[20] It also supports stronger regulation of large Swiss banks such as UBS, including liquidity requirements.

[21] The Green Liberals support closer EU-Swiss relations and on this question are considered ideologically closer to the Social Democrats and Green Party than to The Liberals or Swiss People's Party because they support Switzerland's accession to the European Economic Area.