The president and the head of the Buenos Aires government agreed on the “need to work to update and relaunch” the regional bloc.
President Luis Lacalle Pou met this Wednesday with the head of Government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta. In their one-hour meeting, recorded by various media from the neighboring shore, both discussed “the future” of the nations.
“We agree on the need to work to update and relaunch Mercosur and turn it into a dynamic, modern and world-integrated trade bloc that generates development opportunities for the region,” Rodríguez Larreta said after the meeting, according to Infobae. Thus, as part of his development strategy, the Argentine politician said that his country needs to increase exports and asked to work in favor of the Mercosur-European Union agreement.
Lacalle Pou and his counterpart from the neighboring shore, Alberto Fernández, they crossed more than once around the easing of the regional bloc.
Likewise, the leader of Together for Change —opposition party to the Fernández government led by Rodríguez Larreta, former president Mauricio Macri and other politicians— referred to the Uruguayan government coalition and, based on the “Commitment for the country” plan that brings together the electoral proposals of the five member parties, stated: “In order to carry out the deep transformations that the country needs, Argentina has to form the broadest possible coalition as of 2023”As reported elDiarioAR.
In this way, the head of the Buenos Aires government told the Uruguayan president that Together for Change runs the possibility of regaining power at the national level in the elections that will be held next year, due to what he called “malpractice” of the current administration in managing the economy. Despite the fact that the opposition coalition failed to consolidate a clear leader and future profile, Rodríguez Larreta asserted in his conversation that the unity of the space is guaranteed and emphasized the need for the Republican Proposal, the Radical Civic Union (UCR), the Civic Coalition (CC) and Federal Republican Encounter agree on an economic plan, as stated The nation.
In accordance with InfobaeLacalle Pou did not comment on Argentine politics in his exchange with Rodríguez Larreta.Montevideo Portal
