[9] In the 1996 general election the LNT, which had ejected Bertotti for supporting Lorenzo Dellai, the centre-left candidate, for mayor of Trento in 1995,[10][11] increased its share to 20.8%.

For the 2001 general election the LNT, led by Rolando Fontan, joined forces with the PATT.

In the 2008 provincial election Divina stood for President of Trentino,[14] supported by an autonomist coalition comprising also The People of Freedom (PdL), but was defeated by incumbent Dellai by a landslide.

[19] In the 2013 provincial election Fugatti, deprived of his parliamentary seat, ran for President, winning 6.6%[20] and 6.2% for the party.

The founding members of the new LM were Mirko Bisesti, Mara Dalzocchio and Roberto Paccher.