A little more than two weeks before the signing of theassociation agreement between Andorra and San Marino with the European UniontheLegislative Observatory of the European Parliament has already placed, indicatively, the vote to ratify the text for the plenary session in January of next year, scheduled between days 18 and 21. the approval of theEurochamber it would be the last hurdle of the legislature before facing the next electoral period.
The result in February is more than enough to ratify the agreement
The political calendar for the last stretch of the last mandate of Xavier Spot as head of Government is taking shape with the dossier on theassociation agreement as one of the projects that the Government wants to finish before general elections The unknowns on various issues regarding the calendar on the approach to europe they still stand, especially considering that the tempos are marked from Brussels. The September 16, spot a key date has already been advanced: the signing of the partnership agreement will take place on October 19 With this new scenario and taking into account the statements of head of governmentit was necessary to know when the final pronouncement of the European Parliament to gradually clarify the possibilities for calling the referendum before or after the elections. Although only provisionally, Brussels has already set a date to ratify the agreement. It will be during the plenary session that will start on the 18th and will extend until the 21st of January. However, it will not be the first time that theEurochamber take a position on the issue. He already did it in February in the vote on the provisional report, with a result of 552 votes in favor, 24 against and 75 abstentions. If it happens again in January, it would be more than enough to get the go-ahead.
Entry into force will depend on the outcome of the referendum
With this schedule, it will hardly be possible call the public consultationwhich will be binding, before the elections, as the executive has already advanced on several occasions. The ratification of theagreementthat is, the definitive yes ofeuropewould represent the last choice of the legislature together with the approval of the budgets for next year, which already entered the process in General Council about five weeks earlier than usual. The Minister of Finance, Ramon Lladósalready advanced that “the will is that the 2027 budget be in effective January 1Therefore, from the end of January the executive would have free rein to call the general elections.
