High cost of living in San Marino, the future Republic, challenges the government
Interpellation of the future Republic on the high cost of living in the Republic of San Marino.
“The Great and General Council,
- given the significant increase in energy that is being recorded in the Republic (and in other European countries), in particular due to the increase in the prices of essential goods such as fuels, electricity, gas, and genres;
- considering that in San Marino, due to the recent AASS request, approved by the competent Authority, the price of water is also destined to rise;
- taking into account the enormous impact that these increases, combined and on goods of such large consumption, can generate on the purchasing power of individuals and families, in some cases, eroding their purchasing power up to intolerable thresholds;
- assessed the need for strong and timely public intervention to offset and mitigate the effects of these cost increases, similar to what has already been done by other European countries;
commits the Congress of State
to an upcoming Great and General Council, in the August session, a bill that creates a Fund equal to at least 5 million euros for the following interventions (and identifies the technical and financial methods of implementation):
1) create a one-off dry bonus that compensates for the increase in water-electricity-gas tariffs, renewable from year to year if the current inflationary trend continues, modulated on the basis of income (single or family, depending on the state family of the applicant);
2) increase the discount on the fuels to be loaded on the Smac by an amount equal to 90% of the increase recorded, in the previous one, of the excise duties paid to the state budget by the final consumers in relation to the respect of the pump at the average price of the first 2 months of 2022;
3) provide for an increase in the Smac discount, to be paid by the State, of 3 percentage points on the purchases of a bread-maker of foodstuffs (to be identified) with a wide appeal, for the expenses made in the Republic in the Smac circuit;
4) with a view to favoring interventions on housing that make it possible to reduce the dependence of individual citizens (and of the country system) on the import of energy and gas; increase the share of hot deduction for expenses made at least 25,000 euros (from the current 15,000 euros), for those who decide to install a ‘package’ of systems in their home to self-produce and cover the needs of electricity, heating and sanitary water ( thus avoiding the consumption of gas or reducing it by at least 90%) “.
Future Republic Advisory Group