Reformers for Democracy and Development

The Reformers for Democracy and Development (Greek: Μεταρρυθμιστές της Αριστεράς για τη Δημοκρατία και την Ανάπτυξη) was a Greek political movement founded on 21 October 2014 by Spyros Lykoudis, who, at the time was a State Deputy and a member of the Democratic Left (a Greek political party). The movement became independent from the party on 19 September 2014.^[1]

Reformers for Democracy and Development Μεταρρυθμιστές για τη Δημοκρατία και την Ανάπτυξη
Leader	Spyros Lykoudis
Founded	21 October 2014
Dissolved	18 March 2019
Split from	Democratic Left
Merged into	Movement for Change
Ideology	Social democracy
Political position	Centre-left
National affiliation	To Potami
European affiliation	None
European Parliament group	No MEPs
International affiliation	None
Parliament	1 / 300
Website
metarrythmistes.gr
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The foundation of the movement was announced on 21 October 2014 at an event held at the Benaki Museum.^[2] On 29 November 2014, the first nationwide congregation of the movement was held in the auditorium of the radio station "Athens 9.84" in Technopolis of Athens and welcomed, among others, Greek personages such as John Ragkousis, Pantelis Kapsis, Vassilis Oikonomou and Nikos Mouzelis. A Panhellenic Council was also elected on the day.^[3]