[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%.

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.

[24] In the election, Fugatti was re-elected with 51.8% of the vote, a larger share than in 2018, while Divina obtained a mere 2.2%.

Diego Binelli, until then pro-tempore commissioner, was elected secretary, while Savoi was apppointed honorary president.