Overview
- Decree 647/2025 was published in the Boletín Oficial, formally sending the university funding bill back to Congress with a total veto.
- The government argued the measure lacks specific, sufficient financing sources and would inflate spending, citing risks to fiscal balance and price stability.
- University unions announced a nationwide strike for Friday, September 12, with broader mobilizations tied to the upcoming congressional debate.
- Deputies are targeting Wednesday, September 17, and the Senate Thursday, September 18, to vote on insisting and potentially overturning the veto.
- The vetoed law would have tied operating budgets to the CPI, mandated paritarias and salary recomposition, expanded funding lines, and set a path to raise university spending to 1.5% of GDP by 2031, while the Executive signaled it will also veto the Garrahan and ATN projects.