Overview
- Government officials met behind closed doors in the Speaker’s office with selected deputies to jump‑start 2026 budget negotiations, but the session ended without agreements.
- Dialoguing opposition blocs conditioned support on explicit funding to implement three enacted laws covering disability, pediatric emergency care (Garrahan) and universities.
- Several deputies, including Miguel Ángel Pichetto, pressed for Economy Minister Luis Caputo to appear and defend the plan before talks continue.
- The executive insists any deal must preserve fiscal balance, noting roughly 85% of spending is pre‑allocated to social outlays, leaving a limited margin to reassign funds.
- A November 4 target for a committee draft remains on the calendar with possible slippage, formal hearings continue this week, and the government weighs post‑election cabinet adjustments that could elevate Santiago Caputo and bring in PRO figures.