Väyrynen, however, chose to forfeit his seat in order to serve in the European Parliament that he had entered earlier.

The Citizens' Party was already engulfed in a power struggle at that time, which resulted in Väyrynen's ousting In late June, Väyrynen announced that he had founded the Seven Star Movement as a substitute for Citizens' Party, with which he remained in the parliament for a time.

[8] Despite the ruling, the legal struggle convinced Väyrynen to go forward with his Seven Star Movement rather than the Citizens' Party.

Later that month, Väyrynen announced that he had officially aligned himself with the Seven Star Movement's parliamentary group, and therefore became their first MP.

Although initially skeptical about the party taking part in the 2019 European Parliament election,[15] they decided to run.