In June 2013 the Democratic Left (DIMAR) broke away from the coalition government, which signified a change of the political course of the party.
On 21 October 2014 he presented his new political initiative, the Reformers for Democracy and Development in a public event in the Benaki Museum.
On 24 December 2014 the cooperation of the Reformers with the political party The River (To Potani) was announced in a joint press conference with its Leader Stavros Theodorakis in the Old Parliament.
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Voula Kechagia- Spyros Lykoudis, The Hooded Men Are A Destructive Storm, Ta Nea, January 12, 2009 21.