Today marks the return to the Chamber. At 2pm, a new and particularly intense session of the Grand and General Council (Consiglio Grande e Generale) gets underway, one that will shape San Marino’s political agenda for much of September: sittings have been called for the 7th, 8th, 9th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 21st, 22nd and 23rd of September.
Among the issues set to draw the most attention is certainly the bill on end-of-life care, which has reached its second reading. The measure, born of a popular initiative, addresses advance healthcare directives and the choices surrounding the care of people with disabling illnesses and those in the final stages of life. But it will not be the only topic with strong social impact on the agenda.
The Council will also be called upon to discuss new measures in support of families, motherhood and the birth rate, as well as changes to legislation on trade union freedom, collective bargaining and the right to strike, and incentives for sports activity. Also on the agenda is the ratification of agreements between the Government and trade union organisations on public sector pay rises for 2025 and the advance payment for 2026.
Labour issues will also feature, with the first reading of a law on preventing and combating violence and harassment in the workplace, for which urgent procedure will be requested. Among the new bills are also rules on social housing, home schooling and the reform of the bodies responsible for assessing disability, alongside measures to promote the targeted employment of people with disabilities in both the public and private sectors.
Potentially delicate matters are also on the table. The State Congress is expected to report on actions to protect the interests of the State and on asset recovery, while the Chamber will discuss reports from the Technical/Administrative Commission on the case of sexual abuse of minors. The calendar also includes the report by the head of the Court on the state of justice in 2025.
A long session, then, packed with a wide range of very different issues, which will conclude politically with one of the most important institutional appointments for the Republic: the election of the Captains Regent for the six-month term running from 1 October 2026 to 1 April 2027.
