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December 22, 2025

What Will Milei Get Passed in a Special Legislative Session?

Argentine President Javier Milei is seeking to advance several pieces of legislation in a special end-of-year legislative session. // File Photo: World Economic Forum via CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

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Carlos Pagni, political columnist at La Nación: “The reforms receiving the strongest political push from the Milei government are those aimed at lowering costs in the economy. The most immediate is labor reform, which caps severance payments and makes employment contracts more flexible. The second is reform of the penal code. This involves tougher sentences and lowering the age of criminal responsibility for certain offenses. Another important reform, though one that will not advance as quickly as the previous ones, is…”

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