in five years — end the negotiations until 2027 and wait for approval from each of the EU’s 27 member countries until 2030 — which is an ambitious pledge while battling conservative opponents with public recriminations and competing promises of pay hikes.
Sudanese Camirata troupe dancer Hoda Othman, who lost some of her relatives during the conflict in Sudan, puts on her dress during a rehearsal, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)Ultra-Orthodox Jews wearing prayer shawls perform the Hoshana Rabbah prayer on the seventh day of the weeklong Jewish holiday of Sukkot at Mount of Olives overlooking Jerusalem’s Old City with the Dome of the Rock shrine, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (AP Photo//Oded Balilty)
Ultra-Orthodox Jews wearing prayer shawls perform the Hoshana Rabbah prayer on the seventh day of the weeklong Jewish holiday of Sukkot at Mount of Olives overlooking Jerusalem’s Old City with the Dome of the Rock shrine, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (AP Photo//Oded Balilty)Israeli forensic technicians work around blood in a light rail car following a shooting attack in Jaffa, a mixed Arab-Jewish area of Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Itai Ron)Israeli forensic technicians work around blood in a light rail car following a shooting attack in Jaffa, a mixed Arab-Jewish area of Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Itai Ron)
Boys salute during the funeral procession of Hezbollah members who were killed on Wednesday when a handheld device exploded, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)Boys salute during the funeral procession of Hezbollah members who were killed on Wednesday when a handheld device exploded, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Palestinians flee Gaza City to the southern Gaza Strip, in Wadi Gaza, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
Palestinians flee Gaza City to the southern Gaza Strip, in Wadi Gaza, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)Some 2.5 million people were eligible to vote in Sunday’s election, in which half of the 60 legislative seats were up for grabs. Turnout was far lower than usual, hovering around 53%.
Widely seen as a power struggle between far-right Milei and center-right Macri, this local race reflected the shifts that hard-right factions have pulled off around the world, from, squeezing the political center.
“It turned into a crucial battle for the political leadership,” said Ignacio Labaqui, a senior analyst at research group Medley Global Advisors.The result cements Milei’s party as Argentina’s main alternative to the left-leaning Peronist movement championed by