The organization was founded in 2022 by Michel Reijinga, amid political activism throughout the Netherlands.
The precursor of the party was the protest movement Nederland in Verzet (English: Netherlands in Resistance) led by Reijinga, which during the COVID-19 pandemic organized demonstrations on the Museumplein in Amsterdam against the Dutch government's response to the pandemic.
[5] Another demonstration, planned for November in Amsterdam, was canceled by the organization (which had invited conspiracy theorist David Icke) after Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema refused to let the organization hold its event on Dam Square.
[6] It also participated in the ongoing, largely concurrent farmers' protests against government legislation to combat the nitrogen crisis in the Netherlands.
[7][8] Reijinga announced his political ambitions in March 2023, with the goal of participating in the 2025 elections which were brought forward after the fall of the fourth Rutte cabinet.