new round of negotiations on labour, banks, energy, competition and state aid
Association Agreement with the EU: new round of negotiations between San Marino and the European Commission. Three members of the Government also participated remotely, by videoconference. The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Beccari – who is the chief negotiator for San Marino – the Secretary of State Catsinvolved on financial services and the Secretary of State Lonfernini, which analyzed the issue of people’s mobility for work reasons. Employment policies are also on the table, after the recent reform, with an in-depth look at secondments, temporary workers and fixed-term contracts. Three aspects that will be regulated with a decree by June.
In view of the possible finalization of the Association Agreement with the European Union within the year, the production of San Marino legislation, not only on work, must be in harmony with the EU directives. On the agenda of today’s meeting with the delegation of the EU Commission also the energy file and the question of state aid.
“We have progressed on some points – declares Foreign Secretary Beccari – but of course there is still work to be done many insights, even if the picture is getting clearer”. A new round of negotiations with Brussels is already expected in early March.