Overview

• Mauricio Macri convened roughly 20 PRO legislative candidates at the Balcarce headquarters for a group photo and show of support ahead of the October elections.
• Party organizers struggled to assemble a broad slate, with notable absences such as Oscar Agost Carreño in Córdoba and Gisela Scaglia in Santa Fe, underscoring the fragmentation.
• Provincial strategies remain a patchwork, with PRO allied to La Libertad Avanza in Buenos Aires and several other provinces, aligned with Maximiliano Pullaro’s front in Santa Fe, and competing independently in Córdoba.
• Internal strain in the PRO bloc was laid bare by a public confrontation between Cristian Ritondo and Silvia Lospennato and a series of votes where multiple deputies broke with party leadership.
• Macri offered a cautious message seen as conciliatory toward the Milei government—saying he does not believe things must worsen to improve—while some reporting characterizes their dialogue as strained or even broken.