Politics Thread: President Javier Milei - From Decree of Necessity and Urgency (DNU) to Today

[ErosCer]

The positive approval ratings of most Argentine politicians are negative.

A survey by D’Alessio IROL – Berensztein evaluated 17 political figures from the government and the opposition: none achieved a higher positive image than negative. The ranking is led by Patricia Bullrich among government officials, Mauricio Macri among the opposition, and the worst result was Martín Lousteau.



— Current economic situation: 57% believe it is worse than a year ago, and 41% believe it is better.

— One-year outlook: 46% believe the economy will improve, and 50% believe it will worsen.

— Milei administration: 46% positive and 53% negative.

— Main concerns: insecurity (66%), economic uncertainty (60%), and lack of growth proposals (54%).

Government ranking (by positive image)​

1. Patricia Bullrich: 44% positive / 52% negative
2. Javier Milei: 42% / 54%
3. Diego Santilli: 41% / 51%
4. Federico Sturzenegger: 38% / 51%
5. Victoria Villarruel: 38% / 53%
6. Luis Caputo: 38% / 55%
7. Manuel Adorni: 32% / 58%
8. Cristian Ritondo: 31% / 54%
9. Martín Menem: 27% / 64%
10. Alejandra Monteoliva: 19% / 34%
11. Carlos Presti: 19% / 39%
12. Pablo Quirno: 16% / 34%

Opposition ranking​

— Mauricio Macri: 41% positive / 53% negative

— Axel Kicillof: 35% / 62%

— Juan Grabois: 30% / 62%

— Cristina Kirchner: 29% / 65%

— Martín Lousteau: 20% / 70%

Methodology​

National survey by D’Alessio IROL – Berensztein.

1,000 online respondents, conducted between December 23 and 28.



More on Clarín: https://clar.in/3ZmVPSW

But to be fair is any world leader right now very popular and polling high? I don't see it anywhere. The scary thing is almost everywhere people are very divided.

 

[Cheap Bastard]

Now the guy is just making up numbers. Love it.

 

[Pink Panther]

Now the guy is just making up numbers. Love it.

And some are eating it right up and happy with the changes.

 

[VINO]

Argentina can't drastically improve without this change to employment law. Will be very impressed if they can push this through. VLLC.

But I wonder how much this will actually improve things for workers? It seems like workers are so desperate to have jobs and a large part of the economy is underground. Workers will have less rights under the new laws. It's shocking to read about some of the abuses by companies even at big companies/stores.

 

[BA Bound]

This lady seems to sum things up well. Many people I know in Argentina are like her that don't want to turn to the past but worry about the future.

 

[ElQueso]

He has a lot of support. Mar del Plata is full of people that are happy to see him.



And others not so much.

 

[Petey]

Details are emerging of Milei's sweeping labor reforms. It would be fabulous for business owners. I don't think workers know what is coming.

- Working days extended
- Pay based on productivity
- Reduction in holidays
- Reduction in severance pay
- Easier to fire workers

Would make Argentina much more productive.

Details of Milei’s sweeping labour reform push emerge

President Javier Milei will look to drive through sweeping changes to Argentina’s labour laws in wake of election victory; Move would allow working days to be extended, pay based on productivity, changes to holidays and severance pay and the introduction of tax incentives

www.batimes.com.ar

https://buenosairesherald.com/business/mileis-labor-reform-seems-tailor-made-for-companies-business-leaders-have-doubts

 

[RN in BA]

Watching what is going on in Argentina from the US is interesting. Most of the people that I met while in BA have it worse than ever. Several are unemployed with no hope of finding a job. Others are so in debt or living off credit cards. What I realized is what unites the people that voted for Milei is kind of selfishness.

They all think they are going to be the ones who benefit from his policies and little by little they are realizing that they are not going to benefit. The question is how long it takes before they throw in the towel?

 

[Uncle Wong]

Argentina can't drastically improve without this change to employment law. Will be very impressed if they can push this through. VLLC.

This is what everyone I talk to in Argentina that owns a business tells me. On my last trip I spent a day shadowing @earlyretirement and talked to many people and I was shocked to hear but almost everyone that owned a business was telling me about lawsuits from employees. And crazy stories how you'd think no way the employees would win but they did or the case dragged out years.

I saw this today and it was shocking! It just goes to show you how nuts it is in Argentina! Even though workplace accident rates in Argentina are similar in Argentina to Chile and Spain the rate that employees sue the employers is 20 X higher in Argentina than Chile and 10 times higher than Spain!

Why would a foreign company want to start a company here with these kind of statistics!

 

[llantas]

He has been bribing many poor. Milei has actually expanded social welfare programs. Before it was 2.5 million people and now it is 6 million beneficiaries and payments went from 20,600 to 100,500 pesos contradicting his "teach to fish" philosophy he is spewing. So that may have something to do with some patience that people have, especially the poor.

We shall see how long this patience lasts.

This is what people don't understand and why the support is so high for Milei. Social welfare programs has actually grown under Milei.

Consider when Cristina left office there were 253,000 social welfare plans. Macri had 640,000 people in the program and 1.2 million beneficiaries. Alberto with Covid left 4 million people with social assistance. Under Milei it has jumped up to 6.6 million which is 50% more than Alberto!

This is all you need to know why his support is so high even amongst the poor.

 

[Cellular Shill]

Argentina can't drastically improve without this change to employment law. Will be very impressed if they can push this through. VLLC.

https://latinarepublic.com/2026/02/07/argentinas-proposed-labor-reform-sparks-debate/

 

[Avocado]

Watching what is going on in Argentina from the US is interesting. Most of the people that I met while in BA have it worse than ever. Several are unemployed with no hope of finding a job. Others are so in debt or living off credit cards. What I realized is what unites the people that voted for Milei is kind of selfishness.

They all think they are going to be the ones who benefit from his policies and little by little they are realizing that they are not going to benefit. The question is how long it takes before they throw in the towel?


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At least people are starting to wake up to how much of a fraud this guy is and his sister. Look. He is wearing diapers already.