[1] The parties contested the 1989 European Parliament election with a common list.
The alliance won 7% of the vote, which gave it two seats in the European Parliament, which were taken by Nel van Dijk (CPN) and Herman Verbeek (PPR).
The alliance was renamed on instigation of the PSP, which disliked the term "green".
[3] The alliance executive was chaired by Wim de Boer.
[4] In the 1989 general election the three parties together formed a common list called GroenLinks.