The former president and founder of the PRO, Mauricio Macri, celebrated this Saturday the adoption of the budget law sent to the Senate by the government of Javier Milei, emphasizing: “the commitment and work of our block”.
Macri made the comments with a message he published on his social networks, as a sign of political rapprochement with the goals of the Casa Rosada, amid the restraint he has maintained in recent months and after the agreement with the new senators supporting the government to achieve the approval of the 2026 budget with the votes of 46 legislators on Friday evening.
“I am pleased about the approval of the budget and thank you the commitment and work of our block!Macri wrote.
I am pleased about the budget approval and appreciate the commitment and work of our block! It is good news for all Argentines that we will now have a clear framework and greater predictability for Argentina’s growth next year.
— Mauricio Macri (@mauriciomacri) December 27, 2025
And he noted: “It’s good news for all Argentines now.” We will have a clear framework and greater predictability so that Argentina grows next year.”
Although the PRO bloc has three senators of its own, the missionary Enrique Göring Lara, the Chubut native Andrea Cristina and the Pampa native María Victoria Huala, the formal support of the ruling party and the participation of several Macri leaders in the electoral alliances and in the government were crucial in the negotiations and in the vote on the approval of the budget.
The same president, in fact Javier Milei He highlighted it this afternoon when, in an interview with Radio Miter, he mentioned the presence of Diego Santilli in this context.
When asked about his current relationship with the pro, the head of state replied that they are a “excellent relationship beyond a certain difference” and remembered it “Our current Interior Minister comes from the PRO”.
Additionally, he noted that “there is a lot of ego management in politics, and that is not insignificant,” pointing out that “when you start working with someone, there is always friction.”
“We as an armed force have two seats in parliament and today we have 95 seats in parliament and 21 senators,” emphasized Milei and reflected: “admirable work by the political wing of the government like Martin Menem from the Chamber of Deputies, (Patricia) Bullrich in the Senate and the case of Diego Santilli from the Ministry of the Interior, who achieved something admirable like the budget and the Tax Innocence Law. “These are two impressive milestones.”
Friday evening’s session was the first with the new composition of the Senate and also marked the first success of the second phase of Javier Milei’s governance since the budget law was passed with the yes votes of 46 senators, the rejection of 25 and the abstention of one representative from Córdoba.
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