After the Italian Senate’s final approval on 23 September of the enabling law on sustainable nuclear energy, Domani Motus Liberi is once again calling for a technical-political roundtable on the Republic’s energy future. Below is the movement’s full statement.
The definitive approval by the Italian Senate of the bill on sustainable nuclear energy marks a fundamental turning point in the European energy landscape. The text sets out clear objectives: contributing to climate neutrality by 2050, strengthening energy security and independence, increasing the resilience of the system, and containing costs for citizens and businesses.
DOMANI – Motus Liberi, from Titano, welcomes this shift and reaffirms with conviction a proposal it has been championing for some time — well before the debate returned to the headlines in Italy: immediately opening a technical-political roundtable on San Marino’s energy future, one that, without taboos, includes an assessment of advanced nuclear technologies, including small modular reactors (SMRs).
As far as we are concerned, the starting point is a fact too often overlooked: San Marino already uses nuclear-derived energy. According to the national energy mix published by AASS, in 2025 this source accounted for 4.07% of the total — a share linked to energy imported from France, where nuclear power continues to play a central role, covering more than 67% of national electricity production.
The question, therefore, is not whether we can afford to discuss nuclear energy, but whether we can afford not to. The Russia-Ukraine conflict has starkly exposed the vulnerability of a country entirely dependent on foreign supply. San Marino cannot continue lurching from one emergency to the next, exposed to market fluctuations and supplier pressure. In this regard, we reiterate that the government’s decision to spend up to €15 million purchasing solar parks in Italy is short-sighted: it builds no expertise, creates no supply chain, and does nothing to reduce dependency.
In Italy too, particular attention has been given to innovative nuclear technologies, to be assessed against the highest European and international safety standards, in line with goals of decarbonisation, energy security and independence, and cost containment.
SMRs represent a technological prospect of great interest: programmable, low-emission, safe energy with a territorial footprint incomparably smaller than that of a photovoltaic park. For a small country like San Marino, this is an option that deserves to be studied seriously, bringing independent experts to the table to provide a transparent assessment of costs, timelines, safety and sustainability.
The primary goal — one on which, we are confident, other political forces will also converge — is to put San Marino in a position to choose, without relying on a single technology and without ruling out others from the outset.
When we first proposed, months ago, a serious discussion on next-generation nuclear power, our position was met by some members of the Government and the majority with condescension and even derision. Today, as Italy and other European countries return to a concrete debate on the role of nuclear power in the energy transition, we leave the ideological battles, quips and caricatures to others. Looking at the new Italian and European scenario: from participation in shared projects and supply chains to the evolution of small modular reactors and other advanced technologies.
Because San Marino’s energy future must be planned with study, expertise and strategic vision.
DOMANI – Motus Liberi
