[3] Sikandar Siddique, Uffe Elbæk, Susanne Zimmer, and Niko Grünfeld left The Alternative following allegations that new leader Josephine Fock had harassed members of the party.

Nordqvist subsequently joined the Socialist People's Party, while Fock would resign as leader of The Alternative on 14 November.

Ahead of the 2022 Danish general election, The Alternative's new leader Franciska Rosenkilde offered the Independent Greens and Vegan Party a chance to form a united list to increase the chances of green representation in the Folketing, as all three parties were polling below the threshold.

[5] Elbæk later called for the Independent Greens and Alternative to merge,[6] and eventually rejoined the old party,[7][8] reducing the number of sitting FG MPs to two.

In the election, the Independent Greens received 0.9% of the vote, falling below the 2% threshold to retain their seats in the Folketing.