ANNUAL POLICY REPORT 2012 similar challenges, namely counties of the European South''....'. 10 SYRIZA-EKM (26,3%/71 seats), a coalition of leftist parties and organizations (components- synistoses), all characterized by an “anti-memorandum” rhetoric11 is the main opposition party. For the issue of migration and asylum policy, the chairman of SYRIZA-ΕΚΜ, Α. Τsipras quoted in his pre-election speech the following points of SYRIZA-EKM's updated programme (01.06.2012): ' It is an essential condition to undertake international initiatives so as to confront the causes of population movements. Negotiating a new European Migration Policy Framework, with commensurate and fair burden-sharing among the member-states and by asserting a substantial and effective European support for the national policy. By issuing gradually travel documents for the great bulk of migrants wishing to leave the Greek territory. By rationalizing the legal and institutional framework for the amnesty of migrants living and working in our country and their fair integration. By effectively dismantling networks of modern slaverytrafficking of women, children, men, persons with special needs; networks 12 that commercialize migrants and refugees.» The newly founded, also against the memorandum, party “Independent Greeks” (Anexartitoi Ellines-AN.EL.), which received a percentage of 7,5%/20 seats, has proposed in its Program the set up of a New Migration policy on the axes of fundamental reform of the Citizenship Code, aiming at making its provisions more stringent (exclusionary); recording and managing resident migration population; strengthening the policing and guarding of borders; establishing infrastructure and taking actions for reversing the flow of irregular migration. Respective actions are also reported.13. ΚΚΕ (Communist party) obtained a percentage of 4,5%/12 seats. On its behalf there was no particular focus on the issue at stake during the reference period, besides its constant viewpoints on the matter. The recommendations constituting “the context of requests for the immediate relief of old and new migrants, with emphasis to granting travel documents to hundred thousands refugees and migrants trapped in Greece” that KKE has elaborated, are cited below: 10 http://www.primeminister.gov.gr/2012/07/06/9541 11 The terms 'pro-memorandum' or 'anti-memorandum' are used in public discourse to denote the stance of the political parties, parliamentarians etc regarding the policy and the measures that the Greek Government is obliged to adopt as a result of the terms and the conditions agreed so that the loan of 80.000.000.000 euros is granted to Greece ('Loan Facility Agreement' between Greece and the eurozone countries (May 2010)and 'Stand-by Agreement' between Greece and the IMF, as amended and supplemented). These measures depending on a periodical assessment of their effectiveness have been redefined during the following years. See respectively L. 3845/2010 (GG Α΄65/2010), L. 3899/2010 (GG Α΄ 212/2010) and non exhaustively in 2012 L. 4046/2012 (GG Α΄28/2012) and L.4093/2012 (GG Α΄222/2012). 12 http://leftgr.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/ceb5cf80ceb9cebaceb1ceb9cf81cebfcf80cebfceb9ceb7cebcceb5 cebdcebf-cf80cf81cebfceb3cf81ceb1cebccebcceb1-cf83cf85cf81ceb9ceb6ceb1-votanikos-1.pdf. For the Program of SYN, the main component of SYRIZA-ΕΚΜ, see Goal 10 in http://www.syn.gr/programma/programma.htm 13 http://anexartitoiellines.gr/files/ΑΝΕΞΑΡΤΗΤΟΙ%20ΕΛΛΗΝΕΣ%20Πρόγραµµα%20Διαβούλευση%20B.pdf 15