The signing of the Association Agreement does not put an end to questions over costs, the country’s readiness and citizen involvement. Motus Liberi has restated its position on relations with the European Union, once again calling on the Government to carry out an impact assessment, draw up an economic development plan and set clear timelines for managing the coming changes.
“We have never been against Europe. What we have challenged is the way the Government has handled a transition destined to have a profound impact on the Republic’s future,” the movement states. The distinction it draws is between the strategic value of the relationship with Brussels and the way San Marino is preparing for the consequences of the agreement.
D-ML says it has been asking for concrete figures and details for at least two years: how much implementation will cost the State, how much additional staff will be needed, how public administration will need to be reorganised, and what will change for citizens and businesses. These questions also extend to the adjustments required to laws and administrative procedures.
“Not generic reassurances, but figures, accountability and tools to genuinely understand what will change.”
The movement also insists on the need to pair the Agreement with a strategic economic development plan. Access to the European market may open up opportunities, but for D-ML this alone does not amount to a growth policy. Choices are needed on business competitiveness, investment, infrastructure, energy, the financial system and the efficiency of public administration, alongside safeguards for San Marino’s distinctive features.
There is also a standing request to give citizens the final say. D-ML recalls that on 9 July 2026 it filed a proposal to introduce a mandatory confirmatory referendum on international agreements that have a lasting impact on the Republic’s sovereign powers. For the movement, a decision of this magnitude must be put to a vote of the San Marino people.
On implementation, the movement points to the intervention by Carlotta Andruccioli at the joint committee meeting on 12 October. The councillor had called for a comprehensive timetable setting out, sector by sector, the phases, those responsible, deadlines, priorities and resources — as well as who should step in when delays or overlaps occur, or when political decisions remain outstanding.
“The signature does not close the process: it opens the hardest phase,” D-ML stresses. The agreement must now be translated into laws, procedures, administrative structures and areas of competence. The movement is therefore calling for a public, comprehensive and verifiable programme, over which the Grand and General Council (Consiglio Grande e Generale) can exercise ongoing political oversight.
“Yes to Europe, but with strategy, preparation, transparency and democratic participation,” the movement reiterates. “Because an agreement of this scale cannot be judged on the day it is signed. It is judged by the country’s ability to manage its consequences.”
