After concerns about the austerity policies pursued by the Greek government under Alexis Tsipras and his Syriza party, the leaders of the leftist La France insoumise (LFI) departed the Party of the European Left, joined by Iglesias and Podemos as well as Martins and Bloco.

[1] In June 2018, the Danish Red–Green Alliance, Finnish Left Alliance and the Swedish Left Party announced that they were affiliating with their French, Spanish and Portuguese counterparts and forming Now The People !

[2] Power to the People, a coalition of several small left-wing parties and organisations in Italy, also "lent its support" to NTP,[3] calling it "a very important call proposed by three of the most popular alternatives from Europe [Left Bloc, Podemos and La France Insoumise], which we cannot ignore.

[7] Ahead of the 2024 European Parliament election, the leaders of the six NTP parties signed on to a common manifesto after meeting in Paris.

Those seven parties had previously formed the European Left Alliance for the People and the Planet.