In the 1997 legislative election, the MPF joined forces with the National Centre of Independents and Peasants as La Droite Indépendante (LDI).

It contested the 1999 European Parliamentary elections in alliance with the Rassemblement pour la France (RPF) of Charles Pasqua, the combination winning 13 seats, surpassing Nicolas Sarkozy's Rassemblement pour la République (RPR) list.

Villiers declared his candidacy for the 2007 presidential election and appointed a secretary-general, Guillaume Peltier, then ranked second in the party.

Sarlot subsequently lent support to the victorious Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) in the National Assembly.

In the 2009 European Parliament election, the party ran with Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Tradition under the umbrella of the Libertas political movement led by Irish businessman Declan Ganley.

Party leader Villiers expressed his personal support for Marine Le Pen in the 2017 presidential election.

Unlike the United Kingdom Independence Party, it did not support France's withdrawal from the EU but rather a massive overhaul of it.

The MPF and Villers, mostly due to their views on Islam and Muslim immigration, have been labeled in world news media such as CNN, Der Spiegel, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, and The San Francisco Chronicle as "far right".

[8][9][10][11][12] According to its electoral platform, its various proposals included: The MPF elected some representatives, including two deputies (Véronique Besse and Dominique Souchet, part of Non-Inscrits), two senators (Bruno Retailleau and Philippe Darniche, part of RASNAG) and a MEP (Philippe de Villiers, member of the EFD).

Its successive presidents included Peltier (2001–2006), Jean-Baptiste Doat (2006–2008), Thibaud Vincendeau (2008–2010), Christophe Bentz (2010–2011) and Pierre Meurin (2014–2018).

While most of his support drew on his status as a favourite son, Vendée is also a strongly Traditionalist Catholic department which maintains a sense of pride in the monarchist counter-revolution and the Chouans during the French Revolution.