 On 3 December 2012, Loverdos announced the launch of a new political movement, the Radical Movement of Social Democratic Alliance (RIKSSY), and was subsequently expelled from the PASOK parliamentary group.A new political party, the Agreement for the New Greece, was formed by Loverdos and other members of RIKSSY on 15 April 2013.Loverdos returned to the government as Minister for Education and Religious Affairs on 10 June 2014, and to the PASOK parliamentary group on 22 August 2014.