It was founded by Frauke Petry after resigning as leader of the Alternative for Germany party (AfD).

[4] It entered candidates in elections to German state parliaments, but received few votes.

[6] The party was registered with the Federal Returning Officer in September 2017[7] and published its program in the following month.

[1] Its policies were intended to attract voters who believed that the Christian Democratic Union of Germany had become too liberal under Angela Merkel and that the Alternative for Germany had become too nationalist.

[9] Petry announced on 5 November 2019 that the party would dissolve by the end of the year due to its results in the state elections in Saxony and Thuringia.