Javier Milei presented the 2025 Budget in an unprecedented event in Congress. In his speech, he emphasized the need for an additional adjustment of USD 60 billion by provincial governors to guarantee economic growth and fiscal stability.
This budget, according to the president, is the most radically different of this century and has as its main objective to achieve zero deficit. The presentation of the 2025 Budget was made in prime time television, broadcast on national television, which underlines the importance that the government, headed by Javier Mileigrants this project.
Milei He arrived at Congress accompanied by his sister and Secretary General of the Presidency, Karina Milei, and was received by the Vice President, Victoria Villarruel. In addition to the officials, the President’s parents and his partner, Amalia Yuyito González, were also present in the auditorium.
During his speech, Milei He was clear and direct when addressing the provincial governors. “We have already fulfilled our part of the agreement. Now you are missing,” he said, stressing that the national government has already made all possible spending cuts.
The president stressed that in order to fulfill the commitment to reduce consolidated public spending to 25 points of GDP, the provinces must make an additional adjustment of USD 60 billion.The 2025 Budget has a zero deficit as its cornerstone and seeks to ensure fiscal balance regardless of the economic scenario.
Milei said that this project will forever change the history of Argentina, allowing the country to once again be the great nation it once was. “Today we have come to put a stop to the State,” he said, emphasizing the need to limit the size and spending of the government to foster economic growth.
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The proposal of Milei has generated mixed reactions among legislators and the public. While some applaud the president’s firm commitment to fiscal austerity, others criticize the measure as excessively draconian and potentially damaging to the most vulnerable provinces.
Provincial governors, in particular, face the challenge of implementing these adjustments without negatively affecting public services and the well-being of their citizens. In his speech, Javier Milei He explained why he decided to personally present the budget project. “I decided to do it personally for two reasons: first, because I am an economist. The first economist president in history, to be more precise. And since I am an economist, probably by professional deformation, for me the destiny of a people is at stake in the economic decisions it makes,” he said.
