Three days with virtually no let-up in the halls of the Kursaal Congress Centre, featuring a long list of dossiers ranging from healthcare to justice, from youth affairs to territorial planning, and touching on road safety, the environment, social policy and public administration. Politics in San Marino is bracing for a particularly intense week, with council committees set to meet in a lengthy round of sessions from Monday 28 to Wednesday 30 September.
Things kick off Monday, 28 September, with the Committee on Constitutional and Institutional Affairs, Public Administration, Internal Affairs, Civil Protection, Relations with Castle Boards (Giunte di Castello), Justice, Education and Culture. The session will run for practically the entire day, from 9 am to 1 pm and from 2:30 pm to 7:30 pm.
Among the items on the agenda is a report from the Secretary of State for Internal Affairs on the bill concerning the Regency’s coat of arms. The committee will then examine the citizen-initiated bill on the “Protection of public peace and quiet in the historic centres and inhabited areas of the Republic of San Marino,” put forward by Simona Capicchioni along with other signatories.
Monday’s agenda also includes a first reading of proposed amendments to the framework law on youth policy, Law 91 of 30 July 2007. The bill, submitted by the Secretariat of State for Education and Culture, aims to update the tools and public policies dedicated to younger generations.
Once the first day wraps up, the baton will pass immediately to another committee. Tuesday 29 and Wednesday 30 September will belong to the Committee on Hygiene and Health, Social Security and Welfare, Social Policy, Sport, Territory, Environment and Agriculture. Here the schedule becomes even more demanding: both days will feature sessions from 9 am to 1 pm, from 3 pm to 7:30 pm, and from 9 pm to midnight, with the official notice explicitly noting that proceedings could run past midnight.
The sheer scale of the agenda speaks for itself. A substantial portion of the sessions will be devoted to reviewing what progress has been made following the approval of numerous Arengo petitions (Istanze d’Arengo), some of which date back several years. The issues on the table are wide-ranging, but all touch directly on citizens’ daily lives and the organisation of public services.
Discussion will cover, among other things, the right of San Marino citizens with disabilities to practise competitive sport, requested changes to eliminate distortions in the calculation of sickness and maternity benefits for craftspeople and the self-employed, policies to combat climate change and safeguard water resources, and the installation of instruments to monitor air quality in industrial areas.
The section devoted to territorial issues is particularly extensive. The committee will take stock of the deterioration in the Santa Mustiola area, the trees and pavements along via Paolo III, measures against the pine processionary moth, and controls on the use of chemical products in farming. Also on the list is a proposal to create a park or garden in memory of the victims of Covid-19.
Further items include the recovery of railway carriages at the former Domagnano-Montelupo station stop, the restoration of the wash-house and spring between Strada di Maiano and Strada del Poggio dei Furci, and the redevelopment of the sports ground on via Sottomontana in Borgo Maggiore.
A significant share of the work will also focus on road safety and traffic management. Requests range from installing traffic-calming devices on via del Passetto in Fiorentino to placing a speed camera on via XXI Settembre, along with measures to limit heavy vehicle traffic on Strada La Venezia in Chiesanuova and to improve circulation in the Lesignano area.
Also on the agenda are the condition of Strada Le Bruciate, pedestrian crossing safety at Dogana’s Ausa Park, and the state of Strada di Canepa. Particular attention will be paid to the Superstrada, with two Arengo petitions on the subject: one calling for a comprehensive, structural plan to make the road safer, the other requesting improvements to the median barrier and lighting.
The list also includes a parking ban in Piazza della Libertà, the creation of a car park alongside the pedestrianisation of Montegiardino’s main square, the installation of rumble strips at the entrance to the State Hospital car park, and a proposal for a pedestrian overpass at Croce di Domagnano.
Environmental matters and hunting will also be addressed. Among the petitions requiring an update are one on the availability of UGRAA officials for the San Marino Hunting Federation and another calling for a ban on wild boar drive hunts.
One of the central moments of the two-day session, however, will inevitably be devoted to healthcare in San Marino. At 10:30 am on Tuesday, 29 September, the committee will hold a hearing with the Executive Committee of the Social Security Institute (ISS), with the institute’s top officials appearing before lawmakers.
Further health-related dossiers will follow. The competent Secretary of State will be asked to report on the outcomes of the application of Article 33 of Law 129/2022 and on any reorganisation measures resulting from the resolution approved by the committee on 8 May.
Another topic will be blood collected in San Marino and the possibility of transporting it across the border. The committee expects an update on the process launched to make this possible, following the resolution approved by the Grand and General Council (Consiglio Grande e Generale) on 17 July 2025.
The health section will conclude with a series of particularly sensitive issues: the installation of a “baby hatch” in San Marino, progress on advance healthcare directives and end-of-life care, a request to establish a hospice for people suffering from serious or terminal illnesses, and measures to strengthen support for organisations working on the prevention of and response to violence against women.
Three days of work, from 28 to 30 September, with two committees and dozens of dossiers to address. First Constitutional Affairs, Public Administration, Justice and Education; then a veritable two-day marathon on healthcare, the ISS, territorial issues, the environment, road safety and social policy. For San Marino’s political world, September is set to close with yet another long sequence of sessions at the Kursaal, with Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s proceedings potentially running well past midnight.
