He was the Secretary of the first Central Committee of the Democratic Left and in the elections 2012 he was elected a State Member of the
Hellenic Parliament. In June 2013 the
Democratic Left (DIMAR) broke away from the coalition government, which signified a change of the political course of the party. Spyros Lykoudis disagreed in public with the way, the time and the triggering event of the departure. In September 2014 he declared his independence from DIMAR in Parliament. 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. Spyros Lykoudis represents the 1st constituency of Athens as an MP, elected in the 25th January 2015 general elections by The River (To Potami). (1) (2) [http://spyroslykoudis.gr http://spyroslykoudis.gr (3) {http://topotami.gr} (4) http://hellenicparliament.gr == References ==