Mauricio Macri suspended his tour in France and Belgium

April 16, 2019

In the midst of the economic crisis, the president will remain on the spot to "monitor the scope" of the measures announced Wednesday.

Because of the economical crisis, Mauricio Macri decided to suspend the tour that he had planned for the next few days la France and Belgium. "Macri wants to stay to monitor the impact of the announcements that will be made, "they confirmed. TN qualified sources of Executive.

The president intended to meet his peers from both countries and some of the country's authorities. Union European. According to the agenda that I had armed, the President was going to arrive on April 26th at Paris and the 28 would be in Brussels, Belgium.

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In French territory, the head of State had agreed to a meeting with Emmanuel Macron. The last time they saw each other was at the top of the G20 which took place in November Buenos Aires.

What caused the decision you made? Macri were the data provided by the Indec in the afternoon of Tuesday when it was clarified that the inflation of the month of March was 4.7%. It is the highest of the year and accumulates a rise of 11.8% in the first quarter of 2019. Moreover, if we take into account the last 12 months, the interannual year has already reached the 54.7%.

Since Government they are finalizing the details of the list of measures that will be announced Wednesday morning in order to contain prices and increase consumption.

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The portfolio of The production firm the commitment not to raise prices of "essential" products for six months, such as milk, flour, noodles, among other foods, as well as elements of personal hygiene .

This will be the most anticipated measure, which will try to stop rising prices for the most important commodities in the basic basket, which have increased significantly.