Loverdos To Form New Party In 6 Months

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Underlining the need for immediate action, Independent MP and former PASOK minister Andreas Loverdos presented a series of six-month proposals on the development and disengagement from bureaucracy of the economy to members of his newly founded "Radical Social-Democratic Alliance Movement (RIKSSY). At a press conference that was held earlier this week, Loverdos clarified that the procedures for the founding of his new party are going to be finalized within the next six months, while he noted that it is not going to be a "PASOK no2".

Loverdos, who was a high-profile PASOK minister for many years, was expelled from the socialists by party leader Evangelos Venizelos in early December just hours after announcing the establishment of his RIKSSY political movement. Two weeks later, he announced his intention to establish his own political party within 2013, but clarified that he had no intention of toppling the government and forcing early elections.