 The MCG was co-founded in 2005 by Éric Stauffer and Georges Letellier.It established itself as the canton's third most powerful political party in the 2009 legislative election, winning 17 out of 100 seats in the Grand Council of Geneva.In 2010, the MCG formed a wider party organization with chapters throughout the cantons of Romandy, called the "Mouvement Citoyen Romand" (MCR).