Overview
- The presidency will sign the decree on Friday to convene extraordinary sessions, with publication expected early next week and a start targeted for Dec. 10 or 11 through Dec. 31.
- The agenda is set to include the 2026 Budget, labor reform, a penal code overhaul, the Fiscal Innocence bill, changes to the Glaciers law, and elements of tax reform.
- La Libertad Avanza holds 95 seats as the first minority, so Interior Minister Diego Santilli and Chief of Cabinet Manuel Adorni are negotiating one-on-one with governors for the necessary votes.
- Buenos Aires City chief Jorge Macri has withheld backing unless the Budget explicitly guarantees repayment of roughly ARS 274 billion in coparticipation with a weekly transfer mechanism ordered by the Supreme Court in 2022.
- Drafts circulating would narrow the scope of the labor contract law, alter severance formulas, and toughen criminal penalties with expanded imprescriptibility, even as unions voice resistance and the government targets passage before year-end with a possible follow-up call in early 2026.