Argentina pushes key legislative reforms and accelerates university wage agreement

The Argentine government is fast‑tracking several legislative proposals before the end of June. Initiatives include the "Super RIGI" investment regime aimed at attracting large‑scale projects, a transparency and lobbying law intended to regulate public‑private interactions, and a debt‑payment bill that would allocate $171 million to creditors from the 2001 crisis. The executive also submitted a slate of judicial candidates for the Senate’s consideration.

Concurrently, officials are pressing university rectors to sign a new financing accord that would end a year‑long salary and funding dispute. The draft offers a 21.3% wage rise for teaching and non‑teaching staff starting in June, an additional 3% from October, a 20% boost to operating budgets, and a 50% increase for university hospitals and Belgrano scholarships. Unions have labeled the offer “extortionate” and plan a nationwide strike from 16 to 20 June, while the government seeks a single‑act agreement to replace sector‑by‑sector deals.