It was founded in 2011 in Rēzekne and in 2013 Ainārs Šlesers became party chairman.

He was previously leader of Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way and has served in several governments of Latvia including as Deputy Prime Minister in the government of Aigars Kalvītis and Minister of Transport in the second government of Ivars Godmanis, both of whom are party members.

The party is yet to win seats in the Saeima or the European Parliament.

In February 2016, Inese Muhamberga replaced Šlesers as party leader.

[2] In May 2018 she announced that the party would not contest the 2018 Latvian parliamentary election.