It was called the National Action against the Alienation of the People and the Home (German: Nationale Aktion gegen Überfremdung von Volk und Heimat; NA) until 1977 and the National Action for People and Home (German: Nationale Aktion für Volk und Heimat) until 1990, when it was renamed to its current name.

[2] The Nationale Aktion was originally a far-right xenophobic movement pursuing an anti-immigration agenda, founded in 1961.

[2] The party submitted several popular initiatives that supported reduced immigration, most notably one in June 1970 that narrowly failed.

[2] After a hostile split with Schwarzenbach in 1971, who formed the Republican Movement, the party lost most of its momentum during the 1970s.

[2] After another hostile split with former president Valentin Oehen in 1986, the party was renamed to its current name in 1990.