 The 2009 election results, which were regarded as disappointing, led to some turmoil within the party, with some members wanting the party to move ideologically closer to the Socialist Left Party.After being challenged on the party's position on liberal democracy in 2012, party leader Moxnes wrote in "Aftenposten" that "free speech, freedom of association, free elections, free media, and independent courts that guarantee rule of law for individuals are fundamental for a socialist society".Red was founded on 7 March 2007 in a merger of the Red Electoral Alliance and the Workers' Communist Party.