Juntos por el Cambio
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Chamber of Deputies | 93 / 257
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Senate | 24 / 72
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Governors | 10 / 24
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Juntos por el Cambio (English: Together for Change) is a
These three parties respectively nominated Mauricio Macri, Ernesto Sanz, and Elisa Carrió as their representatives in the August 2015 primary elections, which were held to choose which candidate would run in the 2015 presidential election on 25 October.[12] On 9 August, Macri was elected as the candidate who would represent Cambiemos in the presidential election; on 22 November, where he won in second round by 51%.[13][14]
Creation
Initially, the pre-candidates Mauricio Macri, Daniel Scioli, and Sergio Massa had a triple tie in the polls for the 2015 presidential election. Scioli was the candidate of the Front for Victory, the ruling party at the time.[15]
The other parties created a political coalition, the Broad Front UNEN. Elisa Carrió, leader of the Civic Coalition, left UNEN and joined a coalition with Macri's PRO instead. Both of them would run in the primary elections.[16]
The Radical Civic Union was divided: Ernesto Sanz proposed to join Macri as well, and Julio Cobos proposed to stay in UNEN. The party held a convention to decide what to do, and Sanz's proposal prevailed. Thus, the UCR left UNEN and joined the PRO-CC.[12]
The new coalition was named "Cambiemos", suggesting a change from the 12-year long rule of
History
Macri, Sanz, and Carrió ran to be the nominee in the
The
In June 2019, an extension of the
In the
In the
On 10 December 2019, the Centre-Left Alberto Fernández of the Justicialist Party was inaugurated President, after defeating the incumbent Mauricio Macri in the 2019 Argentine general election.[23]
On 14 November 2021, the center-left coalition of Argentina's ruling Peronist party, Frente de Todos (Front for Everyone), lost its majority in Congress for the first time in almost 40 years in midterm legislative elections. The election victory of Juntos por el Cambio meant a tough final two years in office for President Alberto Fernández. Losing control of the Senate made it difficult for him to make key appointments, including to the judiciary. It also forced him to negotiate with the opposition every initiative he sends to the legislature.[24][25]
In 2023 Argentine general election, Patricia Bullrich, the candidate of Juntos por el Cambio, was defeated in the first round. After the election, Patricia Bullrich returned to government as security minister in president Javier Milei's Cabinet in December 2023. Bullrich also stated that she will step down both as the leader of Juntos por el Cambio and her own Republican proposal (PRO) party.[26]
Positions
Cambiemos is a big tent coalition, variously described as centrist,[27] to centre-right.[28][29] The coalition describes itself as anti-populist and liberal.[30][31][32]
Former
Macri said he would seek more sweeping reforms for Argentina after his governing coalition scored a resounding victory in 2017 congressional elections. Macri told reporters Argentinians should expect reforms in tax, education and labor, without providing details. The
Domestic policies
The members of Cambiemos were constituted to "promote
Economic policies
Mauricio Macri received a country with huge economic problems, and sought to reverse things. Quickly, moved from a
Macri avoided the use of shock therapy and introduced the changes in a gradual way.[43][44]
In April 2016, he negotiated with the
Until January 2018, the gradualist system was working well, although at a slower pace than needed.[46]
Since May 2018, as part of an agreement with the International Monetary Fund, the government accelerated the austerity plans, aiming to completely remove the fiscal deficit.[47]
Social policies
Domestically, he pursued moderate
Macri named two Supreme Court justices.[49]
President Mauricio Macri encouraged the discussion of an
In this coalition of 108 members, the rejection of the project was imposed, with 65 negative votes compared to 42 positive.[54]
Within the ruling alliance, the PRO prevailed with the negative vote (37) - it should be remembered that President Mauricio Macri had expressed himself "in favor of life" - while 17 voted for the positive. In radicalism, 24 supported the initiative, 16 rejected it. In the Civic Coalition, of its 10 members, only Juan Manuel López voted in favor.[54]
When the bill was brought up again in late 2020, the coalition split, with 69 voting against and 42 in favour. In the PRO 40 members voted against while only 11 voted in favour, while in the Civic Coalition 4 supported the bill and 9 voted against. In contrast the radicals saw a greater endorsement of the bill, having 27 of its members in support and only 18 against.
In the senate the coalition was divided more evenly, with 11 members voting in favour and 14 against. It also resulted in an inversion of party support, with a majority of PRO voting favourably (5 yes and 3 no), while the radicals voted 9 against and 5 in favour. Other minor parties in JxC on both chambers also voted in different positions.
Foreign policy
Cambiemos opposes strongly the regime of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela for human rights abuses and calls for a restoration of democracy in the country.[55][56] It recognized Juan Guaidó, who was elected President of Venezuela by the National Assembly during the Venezuelan presidential crisis of 2019.[57]
Macri improved the relations with the United States[58] and from Mercosur achieved a free trade agreement with the European Union[59] and closer ties with the Pacific Alliance.[60]
Macri and his
Mauricio Macri said he wanted to start a "new kind of relationship" with the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands as he tried to move his country towards a centrist position in world affairs.[62]
During the first week in office, Macri annulled the Memorandum of understanding between Argentina and Iran, which would have established a joint investigation into the 1994 bombing with AMIA, a terrorist attack on a Jewish organization for which Argentina blamed Hezbollah and Iran.[63]
Presidents
President | Photo | District | Presidency start date | Presidency end date | Time in office |
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Mauricio Macri (b. 1959) | Buenos Aires | 10 December 2015 | 10 December 2019 | 4 years, 0 days |
Members
Electoral performance
President
Election | Candidate | First round | Second round | Result | ||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
2015 | Mauricio Macri | 8,601,131 | 34.15 (#2) | 12,988,349 | 51.34 (#1) | Won |
2019 | 10,811,586 | 40.28 (#2) | — | Lost | ||
2023 | Patricia Bullrich | 6,379,023 | 23.81 (#3) | — | Lost |
Legislative elections
Chamber of Deputies
Election year | votes | % | seats won | Position | Note |
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2015 | 8,230,605 | 35.11 | 47 / 130
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Minority government | |
2017 | 10,261,407 | 41.75 | 64 / 127
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Minority government | |
2019 | 10,347,605 | 40.36 | 56 / 130
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Opposition | |
2021 | 9,832,813 | 41.89 | 61 / 127
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Opposition | |
2023 | 6,412,133 | 26.12 | 32 / 130
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Confidence and supply |
Senate
Election year | votes | % | seats won | Position | Note |
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2015 | 2,770,410 | 38.81 | 9 / 24
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Minority Government | |
2017 | 4,864,886 | 41.01 | 12 / 24
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Minority Government | |
2019 | 2,210,310 | 39.22 | 8 / 24
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Opposition | |
2021 | 3,260,964 | 46.85 | 14 / 24
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Opposition | |
2023 | 2,969,070 | 25.57 | 2 / 24
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Confidence and supply |
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External links
- Official website (in Spanish)