In an extensive interview with political definitions, the Argentine president Javier Milei He spoke with the British historian Niall Ferguson for the international environment The Free Press, where he clearly outlined the next steps of his government.
In the report, Javier Milei He ratified his commitment to a liberal and competitive economic model, and announced that the “second generation” reforms will be centered on three pillars: a deep tax reform, a more aggressive labor market transformation and a commercial opening.
Milei explained that the implementation sequence will be key to avoiding imbalances. First, it will focus on reducing taxes, which, according to your vision, will increase competitiveness and promote growth.
Then, it will promote a labor reform oriented to flexible the labor market, facilitate the creation of formal employment and improve salaries. Finally, with those bases, it will seek to open the economy to the world, without generating mass unemployment.
“Our goal is to become the freest country in the world. Second generation reforms are the prosecutor, labor and greater openness to the world in terms of trade, ”said the president. During the interview, Milei He also reviewed what he considers the achievements of the first stage of his management.
He pointed out that the fiscal deficit, which was 15% of GDP when assuming, was drastically reduced, and that public spending fell 30%. Inflation, which reached 1.5% daily, was contained, and according to its data, the economy grew 5.7% in the first quarter of 2025 and about 8% in the second.
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One of the most prominent data was the reduction of poverty: more than 22 percentage points, which, according to Milei, meant that 11 million people left poverty and 2 million children ceased to be poor. Milei He insisted that economic advances are not enough if they are not accompanied by a cultural transformation.
In that sense, he reiterated his concept of “cultural war” as a tool to sustain long -term changes. “If not, when the government ends, everything fades,” he warned. He also attributed the initial impulse of his movement to youth, which according to him rebelled against the status quo and was less exposed to the indoctrination of public education.
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