[1] The party's leader is Matteo Rancan, who also leads of the joint group with Lega Romagna in the Legislative Assembly of Emilia-Romagna.

The party participated to the 1989 European Parliament election as part of the coalition Lega Lombarda – Alleanza Nord.

In 1989–1990, the LER took part in the process of federating the Northern regionalist parties, ahead of the regional elections, taking the current name, upon the separation from Lega Nord Romagna (LNR).

In May 2012, Alessandri stepped down from secretary and was replaced by Fabio Rainieri, an ally of Roberto Maroni and one of the leaders of the party's agricultural wing.

[6][7] At the same time a group of activists quit in order to join Matteo Renzi's campaign for the 2012 centre-left primary election.

In the 2020 Emilia-Romagna regional election, LNE's Lucia Borgonzoni posed the strongest challenge so far to the dominant PD, but stopped at 43.6% and was defeated, while the League's list obtained 32.0%.