Overview

• The Senate sent three approved laws on pension hikes, a moratorium return and disability emergency to the presidency on July 21, activating a ten-business-day veto deadline that expires August 4.
• Buenos Aires parties finalized candidate lists by July 21 to shore up a pro-Milei lower-house bloc in the September 7 legislative elections.
• The government is courting PRO deputies, radical allies and sympathetic governors to secure a “one-third plus one” majority in the Chamber of Deputies capable of blocking any veto override.
• The reactivated Consejo de Mayo convened its second session at Casa Rosada on July 21 to debate labor law amendments under the Pacto de Mayo framework, aiming to deliver a consensus document by December.
• A Zuban Córdoba survey released July 20 found 56.8% of Argentines reject Milei’s policies and 57.5% hold a negative view of him, underscoring electoral risks ahead of midterms.