Mauricio Macri and King Felipe VI had lunch with Spanish-Argentinian businessmen and talked about the economy – 26/03/2019

Mauricio Macri and King Felipe VI had lunch early Tuesday morning with a small group of Hispanic – Argentine businessmen. The meeting took place at the San Martin Palace, without the presence of the press, where the companies (several of them were listed on the stock exchange) presented their experiences in this country.

At the moment they arrive, the Spanish trade authorities say Clarín and, as Felipe VI himself declared on Monday, on his first day in the country, They understand and live the crisis here, but they continue to bet on Argentina and support the direction of the leader of Cambiemos.

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There, the companies talked about the situation in their sector. There has been a lot of talk about opportunities in the energy sector and clearly has been highlighted in the potential of Vaca Muerta but also in what it does to renewable energy. We talked about the future of communications and tourism, expanding sectors.

Macri acknowledged the context of difficulties but was once again confident that the direction of the economy is fruitful under his direction.

On the other side, for the lower part, they pointed out that the possibilities of Argentina are "infinite" but that much of its future will depend on the political consensus found.

In the middle of the morning, the monarch will participate in a seminar on the spirit of enterprise organized by the COTEC Foundation.

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At breakfast, there were, among others, the number one Iberia, Indra, Telefónica, Air Europa, Roca Corporación Empresarial. With Macri, there are the authorities of YPF, Free Mercado, Vicentin Agro, IRSA and UIA, among others. But we also saw in the palace ministers Jorge Faurie (Foreign Affairs) and Dante Sica (Production), Fulvio Pompeo, Secretary for Strategic Affairs and Special Adviser Macri, and the ambbadador to Madrid Ramón Puerta. And leaders like Antonio Garamendi, president of the Spanish Confederation of Professional Organizations, and Guillermo Ambrogi, president of the Spanish Chamber of the Argentine Republic.

In an interview with Clarín on Monday, Garamendi said that "whether we like it or not, the international reality is not the same, and it has an influence." In the case of Argentina, it is Clearly that inflation and rates are moving, but what we were proposing today is that they are temporary and that we will be able to work, even if that is not the case. Is a bad time. " He stressed that the important thing was to work with "freedom" and that "reforms" were made

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Felipe VI arrived Monday in Argentina for his first state visit to the country. He did it with Queen Letizia Ortiz and will leave here Wednesday 27th after leaving the VIIIth International Congress of the Spanish language inaugurated in Córdoba. Charismatic, at 50, he is the youngest monarch in Europe. And although his role as head of state does not allow him to intervene in the affairs of the executive who heads the current government, his word has the weight of Spain's colorful institutions.

Therefore, his statements this Monday at noon at Casa Rosada with President Mauricio Macri worked as music for the ears inhabitants. "We come to support Argentina as we have always done in these difficult times: we are very aware of the economic problems that have occurred and we support all current reform programs "said Felipe in a clear allusion to Macri's management policies. He also said he felt "very emotional" during his visit to Argentina.

After meeting alone and later with what is called the "expanded cabinet", they made a statement to the press.

Macri spoke of the crisis the country is going through and to which he has referred elliptically: "We take this visit as a sign of affection and support for this moment of change We live Argentineans, the same as you did many years ago and the results are in sight. "It has kept it well, just as businessmen and government leaders support Macri's" architecture "economically.

Macri, who has always remained caught by Awada's hand, even when he had his arms crossed in the back, also pointed out that the arrival of Felipe VI and Letizia was "the first state visit for over 30 years", And stated that they were" very grateful and very happy ".

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He was referring to the fact that the last state visit took place in 1985 and was made by Juan Carlos de Borbón, now emeritus king and father of Felipe VI, who had abdicated in his favor in early 2014, then that his personality was already very strong. carried by a series of scandals. The very visit of Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso de Todos Santos of Borbón y Grecia – that is his secular name – is the seventh of a Spanish monarch in almost forty-five years since the return of the monarchy and the Bourbon House , throne of Spain.

On Wednesday 27, the king will go to Córdoba to inaugurate with Macri and the governor Juan Schiaretti the Congress of the language. It will do so after attending Tuesday at a reception at the Four Seasons Hotel and after visiting – since there is a state visit – the powers

On Monday night, Macri and Awada entertained Felipe VI with a gala dinner in front of over 400 guests organized by press secretary Hernán Lombardi at the CCK. "In the previous government, we had tensions and irrational conflicts that, thankfully, did not break that relationship, which ultimately is unalterable because the affection is very deep," Macri said in a statement. his speech. There was a clear country tone. Regarding the exchange rate of last year and inflation exceeding 47%, the Argentine president said that the country was growing in 2018, that "the world was changing" and "we lacked credit," which " ordered to accelerate "the macroeconomic order".

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