President Javier Milei will leave next Wednesday night for the G7, which will take place in the Italian region of Apulia, while at that same moment, it is expected that in Buenos Aires the Senate will be finishing voting on the Base Law and the Fiscal Package.
With the projects sent by the Government at the beginning of January already in the final stretch of their legislative discussion, after long and arduous negotiations with the “dialogue” opposition, the national leader will leave the country to participate in the summit that will bring together the highest international leaders.
Reluctant to this type of multilateral organizations, the libertarian accepted the invitation to this event due to his closeness to the host of the meeting, the Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloniwho this year is in charge of the group’s presidency.
The Argentine head of state planned to travel with a large official delegation, made up of his spokesperson, Manuel Adorniand the foreign ministers, Diana Mondinoand Defense, Luis Petriamong other important officials.
However, according to what they specified Infobae government sources, national authorities had to change plans because each summit guest has a limited number of people to accredit.
For this reason, it was decided that the delegation would be made up of the general secretary of the Presidency, Karina Milei; the head of the Council of Economic Advisers, Demian Reideland the ceremonial and audiovisual teams, which in the latter case is headed by Santiago Oriapersonal documentary filmmaker.
The President and his companions They will take off at 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday from the Jorge Newbery International Airport, aboard the official plane, a luxurious Boeing 757-256 purchased in 2022, during the administration of Alberto Fernandez.
After making a brief stopover in Rome to refuel, the president will land the next day at the Karol Wojtyla International Airportin the city of Bari, just over 50 kilometers from the luxurious resort Borgo Egnaziawhere the meeting of the powerful G7 will take place.
For her part, although she will not participate in that event, Foreign Minister Mondino will collaborate from Argentina with the possible bilateral meetings that Milei could hold and a few days later she will make her own trip to Switzerland, to attend the Peace Summit organized by the president from Ukraine, Volodomir Zelenskywho resists Russian attacks.
Then, the Minister of Foreign Affairs plans to travel to New York City, in the United States, for the next meeting of the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonizationan organization created in 1961 by the UN General Assembly.
When the President is already in the air, heading to Italy, it is expected that the Senate will still be discussing the Bases Law and the Fiscal Package, the two projects that the Government sent to Congress and which it intends to have approved as soon as possible.
For this reason, at all times it was thought that the new Chief of Staff, Guillermo Francoswho was the official who led the negotiations with the opposition, even during his time as Minister of the Interior, will remain in Buenos Aires to closely follow the treatment of the initiatives in the Upper House.
On Monday, through a statement they released through social networks, the governors of what was Together for Change supported the reforms proposed by the Executive Branch and warned that “any delay that may occur in the legislative process can affect not only to national finances, but also to provincial finances.”
The text was signed by the leaders of Chaco, Leandro Zdero; from Chubut, Ignacio Torres; of Corrientes, Gustavo Valdes; from Entre Ríos, Rogelio Frigerio; from Jujuy, Carlos Sadir; from Mendoza, Alfredo Cornejo; de San Juan, Marcelo Orrego; of Saint Louis, Claudio Poggi; from Santa Fe, Maximiliano Pullaroand the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Jorge Macri.
“There is no more time to lose. The majority of the provinces have expressed their support for the instruments required by the President of the Nation and the national government,” they emphasized.
Although La Libertad Avanza obtained the majority opinion for both issues to be discussed in the venue from 10:00 this Wednesday, some spaces are analyzing grouping together to force more changes to the official initiative, such as excluding Aerolíneas Argentinas and Correo de the list of companies to be privatized.
Likewise, there are still discrepancies regarding the restoration of the fourth category of the Income Tax, after the Government did not agree to exempt the Patagonian provinces from this tax, which refuse to incorporate this tax again.
