With a Given the tight schedule, Congress will begin tomorrow with a series of extraordinary sessions until December 30th, with a The government is encouraged and has more legislative volumebut without their own majorities, and two main objectives glossed over by the Casa Rosada itself: the 2026 budget and labor reform. The doubts that have existed since the agenda was announced are well known and fears are turning into fear: laws were passed between the chambers to gain time, a limited schedule that clashes with the holidays and blockades that prevent the possibility of projects being approved but not approved before the end of the year.
The spending bill for the coming year is basically the one that offers the best perspective. First, the context. The executive branch has already extended two budgets – I would have no problem doing it again – although the market and other organizations need the nod of Balcarce 50 with congressional oversight. In addition, after two years of adjustment – confirmed by votes – the governors have understood that it is practical to record at least certain points in a law.
Greater flexibility in the rules would allow MPs to quickly decide on the 2026 budget – this happened before the end of the regular period and with the replacement it became invalid – and let it come to the floor as quickly as possible, giving the Senate two weeks. The first to sign an office; the second, after seven days – there would not be two thirds available to come to the tables, with Kirchnerism in complete opposition mode – to meet. It’s not illogical, although it would certainly force the kryptonite of 95% of lawmakers who fly to the federal capital every week to work Mondays or Fridays.. All of this from the perspective of a possible agreement between the parties involved.
Congress takes place day after day, call after call, vote after vote. To believe that everything will happen naturally or through magical messages or from heaven would be a serious mistake on the part of the libertarian government. Even more so, with a wounded Kirchnerism that went from punching parliamentary pineapples to… Javier Milei turning a blind eye to recent and desperate attempts to maintain just over a third of the will. It is not insignificant and should not be forgotten, as there is only a feast of oily people in the middle. The back and forth of articles, the discussions in the commissions and in the chambers are just a cover for political and personal issues and possible elephants that have to pass through a bazaar undetected.
The 2026 budget is linked to the delayed text of fiscal innocence, which was received by MPs and shortly afterwards took a nap for months. In parallel, the libertarian leader in the Senate, Patricia Bullrichis already preparing to start the discussion on labor reform, which it wants to enable a very agile process. It’s not an easy target, but the outgoing security minister claims to have “faith.” Again, To get a verdict in no time, it will be crucial to wait a week and then vote on it. well, pretentious.
Behind this first package, for example, are the periglacial changes and the new penal code with not yet very clear details or a defined strategy. If the laws it seeks receive sanction-free approvals, the government will have to adopt a plan B for the extraordinary laws. The majority of parties prefer to close the congress in January and resume it in February. Especially if the current month ends without problems for the ruling party. Others believe that the last week of January would be included to demonstrate a smaller break so as not to look bad in the eyes of public opinion. It is the least interesting, but depending on the block there are more requests for it than for the projects’ articles. The Casa Rosada is aware of this and therefore strives to vote as much as possible in the interests of the other side.
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