[16][17] The party was officially founded on 10 February 2019,[17] prior to the elections for the European Parliament held that year, stating their primary areas of interest being better education, better health policies, social and gender equality, support for migrants, renewable sources of energy, and sustainable agriculture.

[19] Other prominent members of the Initiative committee at the time, most of whom remain active, included Danijela Dolenec, Damir Bakić, Iskra Mandarić, Đuro Capor, Urša Raukar, Vilim Matula, Dario Juričan, Mima Simić, Ivo Špigel, Tomislav Tomašević and others.

[20] The parties We can!, New Left, and Sustainable Development of Croatia formed a coalition on 28 March 2019 for the 2019 European Parliament election,[21] where they were expected to win one seat.

[32] These seats were taken by Tomislav Tomašević, Sandra Benčić, Damir Bakić, Vilim Matula, Rada Borić (NL), Katarina Peović (RF), and Bojan Glavašević (Ind.).

The party designates itself as "a wide and progressive new political platform that aims to gather voters ranging from the radical left, through green, to social democracy".

[37] The proposed developmental models seek to reduce precarious forms of work, strengthen economic democracy, and foster trade unions, as well as the legal rights of workers in general.