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Argentine Government Prepares for Congress Session to Pass Reform Package

President Javier Milei's government plans to call an extraordinary session of Congress before December 10 to swiftly push through a package of economic reforms. The strategy aims to use post-election political momentum and build consensus with the opposition and governors to implement reforms to eliminate the deficit and change the country's economic model.


Argentine Government Prepares for Congress Session to Pass Reform Package

Sources close to the ruling party confirmed to this agency that the decision to formally call the legislative body would be made even before December 10, the date on which the newly elected deputies and senators will formally take office. The main objective of the Casa Rosada is to take advantage of the initial political momentum to lay the foundations for its economic adjustment and deregulation plan, an ambitious program that the ruling party and its allies in Parliament hope to quickly turn into law. These acts are vital, as the swearing-in of the new members will alter the balance of power and will be the starting point for the new ruling party to test its political articulation skills. Buenos Aires, November 22, 2025 - Total News Agency - TNA. The National Executive Branch, under the leadership of President Javier Milei, is in the final phase of defining its legislative strategy, which seeks to ensure the approval of a package of structural reforms before the end of the year, through the calling of extraordinary sessions in the National Congress. This roadmap aims to avoid the political and operational wear and tear of keeping Congress active throughout the summer recess, prioritizing speed without sacrificing the necessary debate. In parallel with the Executive Branch's decisions, the National Congress has already launched its own schedule to welcome the legislators elected in the elections. The Upper House will hold its preparatory session next November 28, where the 24 elected senators will be sworn in. The effective assumption of all legislators will take place on December 10, coinciding with the presidential change of command. The legislative package is part of an intense round of negotiations that the government leadership, led by the Minister of the Interior, has held with governors and leaders of opposition blocs. A few days later, the parliamentary secretary of the Chamber of Deputies, Adrián Pagán, formally summoned the elected legislators for December 3 at 1 p.m., to hold the preparatory session for the swearing-in in the Lower House. Although the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Martín Menem, had initially expressed his intention to extend the period until January, the trend gaining momentum indicates that, after a possible summer recess in that month, legislative activity would resume in full from February 1 to 28. This legislative arsenal was outlined by the Executive as the first great parliamentary battle to provide the new administration with tools to allow the sanitation of public accounts and the change of the economic model. The parliamentary engineering of La Libertad Avanza (LLA), a minority bloc that needs to weave broad consensus with the dialogue-seeking opposition and the governors, foresees that the processing of the reforms will be extended over time. The strategy is clear: to get the provinces to align with Milei's vision of the need for a 'predictable country' that abandons the deficit, a position that, as hinted by the ruling party, has found a 'receptiveness' surprising in most provincial leaders. If the call is confirmed before December 10, President Milei's government would be sending a strong signal to the market and politics: its shock plan will not admit delays and the pace of reforms will be imposed from the first day of effective management. The opening of this extraordinary period will become the first great test of fire for the ruling party's governability in a fragmented and highly polarized Congress. The main focus of the conversations is support for the 2026 Budget and the search for consensus based on the maintenance of a fiscal balance. The agenda under study is broad and high-impact, including projects such as the reconfiguration of state functions, the reform of Personal Income Taxes and the implementation of the Single Paper Ballot. The possibility of splitting the dates of the extraordinary sessions, to address the projects in batches, is one of the firmest options.