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{{short description|Political party in Argentina}}
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{{Infobox political party
| name             = Republican Proposal
| native_name      = Propuesta Republicana
| logo             = Logo PRO.svg
| colorcode        = {{party color|Republican Proposal}}
| foundation       = {{Start date|2005|10|23|df=y}} (alliance)<br />{{Start date|2010|6|3|df=y}} (party)
| ideology         = [[Conservative liberalism]]<ref name="auto1">{{Cite journal |last1=Bohoslavsky |first1=Ernesto |last2=Morresi |first2=Sergio |year=2016 |title=El partido PRO y el triunfo de la nueva derecha en Argentina |url=https://journals.openedition.org/alhim/5619#tocto1n3 |journal=Amérique Latine Histoire et Mémoire |volume=32 |issue=32 |doi=10.4000/alhim.5619 |doi-access=free}}</ref><br>[[Liberal conservatism]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-34897150|work=[[BBC]]|title=Conservative Mauricio Macri wins Argentina presidency|date=23 November 2015|access-date=28 June 2021|archive-date=28 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628110207/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-34897150|url-status=live}}</ref>
| headquarters     = Balcarce 412, [[Buenos Aires]]
| international    = [[International Democracy Union]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.idu.org/members/|title=Members &#124; International Democracy Union|date=1 February 2018}}</ref>
| website          = {{URL|www.pro.com.ar}}
| country          = Argentina
| abbreviation     = PRO
| colors           = {{Color box|{{party color|Republican Proposal}}|border=darkgray}} Yellow
| merger           = [[Commitment to Change]] and [[Recreate for Growth]]
| think_tank       = [[:es:Fundación Pensar|Pensar Foundation]]<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/plan-2023-pro-rearma-su-think-tank-nid2324908|title= Plan 2023: Pro rearma la Fundación Pensar tras la salida del poder|language= es|date= 20 January 2020|newspaper= La Nación}}</ref>
| student_wing     = PRO Universities<ref>Juan R. Grandinetti, [https://revista.saap.org.ar/contenido/revista-saap-v13-n1/SAAP_13_1-grandinetti.pdf La militancia juvenil del partido Propuesta Republicana (PRO) en los centros de estudiantes universitarios], Paper, 2 May 2019</ref>
| youth_wing       = [[:es:Jóvenes PRO|PRO Youth]]<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/radiografia-de-los-jovenes-pro-rondan-los-30-ocupan-cargos-altos-y-se-preparan-para-suceder-a-vidal-y-pena-nid2071017|title= Radiografía de los jóvenes Pro: rondan los 30, ocupan cargos altos y se preparan para suceder a Vidal y Peña|language= es|date= 3 October 2017|newspaper= La Nación}}</ref>
| membership       = {{increase}} 115,481 (2016)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://old.pjn.gov.ar/cne/secelec/secciones/agrupaciones/agrupaciones_list.php?tID=5&dID=24&estadoID=0|title = Poder Judicial de la Nación Argentina}}</ref><ref name="Afiliados">{{cite web |url=http://www.electoral.gov.ar/pdf/afiliados_1er_semestre_2016.pdf |title=Cámara Nacional Electoral – Estadística de Afiliados Primer Semestre 2016 – Secretaría de Actuación Judicial – Unidad de Recopilación y Producción de Datos – Registro Nacional de Partidos Políticos |access-date=16 October 2016 |date=2016 |website=www.electoral.gov.ar/ www.electoral.gov.ar}}</ref>
| membership_year  = 2017
| position         = [[Centre-right politics|Centre-right]] to [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]]<!-- see #Ideology; please discuss before changing -->
| national         = [[Juntos por el Cambio]]<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1800769-como-quedaron-las-alianzas-politicas-en-el-ultimo-dia-de-inscripcion|title= Las 8 alianzas que competirán en las próximas elecciones|trans-title= The 8 alliances that will run in the next elections|language= es|date= 11 June 2015|newspaper= La Nación|access-date= 12 June 2015|archive-date= 13 August 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180813075446/https://www.lanacion.com.ar/1800769-como-quedaron-las-alianzas-politicas-en-el-ultimo-dia-de-inscripcion|url-status= dead}}</ref>
| footnotes        = 
| leader1_title    = Leader
| leader1_name     =
| leader2_title    = President
| leader2_name     = [[Mauricio Macri]]
| leader3_title    = Secretary General
| leader3_name     = Eduardo Macchiavelli
| leader4_title    = Chamber Leader
| leader4_name     = [[Cristian Ritondo]]
| leader5_title    = Senate Leader
| leader5_name     = [[Humberto Schiavoni]]
| affiliation1_title = Regional affiliation
| affiliation1     = [[Union of Latin American Parties]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uplalatinoamerica.org/partidos-miembros/|title=Partidos Miembros|access-date=25 June 2020|archive-date=31 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331204506/http://uplalatinoamerica.org/partidos-miembros/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| seats1_title     = Seats in the [[Argentine Chamber of Deputies|Chamber]]
| seats1           = {{Composition bar|38|257|hex={{party color|Republican Proposal}}}}
| seats2_title     = Seats in the [[Argentine Senate|Senate]]
| seats2           = {{Composition bar|6|72|hex={{party color|Republican Proposal}}}}
| seats3_title     = [[Provinces of Argentina|Province]] [[List of Governors in Argentina|Governors]]
| seats3           = {{Composition bar|3|24|hex={{party color|Republican Proposal}}}}
| affiliation2_title = Internal currents
| affiliation2     = [[Republican Union (Argentina)|Republican Union]]<br />[[PRO Liberty]]<br />Republican Opening
}}

'''Republican Proposal''' ({{langx|es|link=no|Propuesta Republicana}}), usually referred to by its abbreviation '''PRO''', is a political party in [[Argentina]]. PRO was formed as an [[electoral alliance]] in 2005, but was transformed into a national party in 2010. It is the major component of the [[Juntos por el Cambio]] coalition, and its leader is former Argentine president [[Mauricio Macri]], who is the party's president since May 2024.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.infobae.com/politica/2024/05/26/macri-tomo-el-control-del-pro-en-buenos-aires-y-bullrich-rompera-el-bloque-parlamentario-como-respuesta/|title= Macri tomó el control del PRO en Buenos Aires y Bullrich romperá el bloque parlamentario como respuesta|author= Robertino Sánchez Flecha|date= 25 May 2024|work= Infobae|access-date=26 May 2024}}</ref>

PRO has governed the city of [[Buenos Aires]] since [[2007 Buenos Aires City elections|2007]] and formed ''[[Cambiemos]]'' with the [[Radical Civic Union]] and the [[Civic Coalition ARI]] with which they won the [[2015 Argentine general election|2015 general election]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/22/argentina-election-exit-polls-buenos-aires-mauricio-macri|title= Argentina shifts to the right after Mauricio Macri wins presidential runoff|author= Jonathan Watts and Uki Goñi|date= 22 November 2015|work= The Guardian|access-date=21 November 2015}}</ref>

Macri re-opened Argentina to international markets by lifting [[Foreign exchange controls|currency controls]], [[Argentine debt restructuring|restructuring sovereign debt]], and pressing [[Presidency of Mauricio Macri#Economic policy|free-market solutions]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Mauricio Macri's long odds|newspaper=The Economist|url=https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2019/03/07/mauricio-macris-long-odds|access-date=2020-06-11|issn=0013-0613}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Argentinian president Macri vows 'many reforms' after strong election result|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/24/argentina-president-macri-reforms-election|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=October 24, 2017}}</ref>

== History ==
===Opposition===
PRO began as an alliance between [[Commitment to Change]] (CPC) of [[Mauricio Macri]], and [[Recreate for Growth]] (Recrear) of [[Ricardo López Murphy]] created in 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.clarin.com/ediciones-anteriores/frente-macri-murphy-nombre-propuesta-republicana_0_r1WMWJukAKx.html|title=El frente de Macri y Murphy tiene nombre: Propuesta Republicana|author=Editorial|date=24 August 2005 |work= [[Clarín (Argentine newspaper)|Clarín]]}}</ref>

At the [[Elections in Argentina, 2005|2005 legislative elections]], the alliance won nine of the 127 deputies up for election.

Other provincial centre-right parties united within PRO. Macri and López Murphy spoke with Governor [[Jorge Sobisch]], leader of the [[Neuquino People's Movement]], but did not reach an alliance.

In the [[2007 Argentine general election]], PRO did not officially back a candidate but gave tacit support to the bid of [[Ricardo López Murphy|López Murphy]], who stood as the Recrear candidate. [[Ricardo López Murphy|López Murphy]] did poorly, gaining just 1.45% of the vote. PRO and its allies stood in the congressional elections and won two swats in the [[Argentine Chamber of Deputies|Chamber of Deputies]], and six seats overall.

In the [[2007 Buenos Aires City elections|June 2007 elections]] in the [[City of Buenos Aires]], PRO decisively won the election, with Macri becoming [[List of Mayors and Chiefs of Government of Buenos Aires|Head of Government]] and the alliance taking 15 of the 30 seats in the city legislature. In addition to CpC and Recrear, the alliance included the [[Democratic Progressive Party (Argentina)|Democratic Progressive Party]], the [[Democratic Party of the City of Buenos Aires|Democratic Party]], the [[Federal Party (1973)|Federal Party]], the [[Movement for Integration and Development]], the [[Popular Union]] and other neighborhood parties. [[Mauricio Macri]] formed an electoral alliance called Union-PRO with [[Francisco de Narváez]], who was the candidate for [[Governor of Buenos Aires]]. He obtained third place with 15% of the vote.

For the [[2009 Argentine legislative elections|2009 legislative elections]], De Narváez and [[Felipe Solá]] were the main candidates for national deputies for the [[Buenos Aires Province]] and defeated [[Nestor Kirchner]].

In August 2009, Recreate for Growth gave up its formal independence and was completely absorbed by Republican Proposal. The political space [[Values for my Country]] became a monobloc in congress, detaching itself from the Republican Proposal

On 3 June 2010, the alliance became recognized as a national political party.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.clarin.com/opinion/pro-cambiemos-macri-presidente-partidos-politicos_0_BkTdleFvXg.html|title= Macri y el PRO en el poder: una suma de novedades históricas|trans-title= Macri and the PRO in power: a sum of historical novelties|language= es|author= Fabián Bosoer|date= 23 November 2015|publisher= Clarín|access-date=6 November 2018}}</ref>

In the legislative elections of 28 June 2009, the PRO was presented with its own list with [[Gabriela Michetti]] in the [[City of Buenos Aires]] and in alliance with the [[Federal Peronism]] in the [[province of Buenos Aires]]. Unión PRO won 19.21% of the votes and third place nationally.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/dura-derrota-de-kirchner-nid1144840/|title = Dura derrota de Kirchner - LA NACION|newspaper = La Nación}}</ref>

[[File:Mauricio Macri anunció la construcción del primer Parque de Deportes Extremos de la Ciudad (7365483344).jpg|thumb|Macri was re-elected Mayor of Buenos Aires together with [[María Eugenia Vidal]] as Vice-Chief of the city.]]

In [[2011 Buenos Aires City elections|July 2011]], PRO, in alliance with the [[Democratic Party of the City of Buenos Aires|Democratic Party]] and the [[Democratic Progressive Party (Argentina)|Democratic Progressive Party]], obtained a 46.1% vote in the [[City of Buenos Aires]]. In the second round on 31 July, he reached the victory and re-election of [[Mauricio Macri|Macri]] as Chief of Government with 64.3% of the votes.<ref name="Ramy Wurgaft">{{Cite web|title=El conservador Mauricio Macri, reelegido alcalde de Buenos Aires|url=https://www.elmundo.es/america/2011/07/31/argentina/1312147861.html|author=Ramy Wurgaft|newspaper=[[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]]|date=July 31, 2011}}</ref> That same year, Jorge Macri was elected first mayor of the conurbano through PRO in the October elections with 38.4% in [[Vicente López Partido|Vicente López]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/elecciones-en-el-conurbano-la-definicion-en-los-municipios-mas-renidos-nid1417168/|title = Jorge Macri venció en Vicente López - LA NACION|newspaper = La Nación}}</ref> In [[Santa Fe Province]], Unión PRO Federal, headed by [[Miguel del Sel]] obtained 35.2% of the votes, but Bonfatti obtained the governorship with 38.7%.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 July 2011 |title=El socialismo ganó Santa Fe y del Sel lo desplazó a Rossi |url=https://www.clarin.com/politica/socialismo-santa-fe-sel-rossi_0_BJy-mB1pv7e.html |website=Clarín |language=es}}</ref>

For the [[2013 Argentine legislative election|2013 legislative elections]], PRO achieved an alliance with Union for All (later called Union for Freedom), a new [[classical liberalism|classical liberal]] party led by [[Patricia Bullrich]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 June 2013 |title=Unión por Todos de Patricia Bullrich se suma al PRO en la Capital |url=https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201306/21049-union-por-todos-de-patricia-bullrich-se-suma-al-pro-en-la-capital.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615050811/https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201306/21049-union-por-todos-de-patricia-bullrich-se-suma-al-pro-en-la-capital.html |archive-date=15 June 2013 |website=Télam |language=es}}</ref> It obtained legislative seats in the [[Córdoba Province, Argentina|Córdoba Province]], [[Entre Rios Province]], [[La Pampa Province]], [[Salta Province]], [[San Juan Province, Argentina|San Juan Province]], [[Santa Fe Province]] and in the [[City of Buenos Aires]]. PRO obtained 3 senators and 18 deputies.

===Coalition===
In June 2015, the Republican Proposal (PRO), [[Radical Civic Union]] and the [[Coalición Cívica ARI|ARI Civic Coalition]] formed [[Cambiemos]], a [[big tent]] political coalition that proposes a change before the twelve years of government centre-left [[kirchnerism|kirchnerists]]. Subsequently, joined the FE Party, Union for Freedom, the Popular Conservative Party and the [[Democratic Progressive Party (Argentina)|Democratic Progressive Party]].

These three parties nominated Mauricio Macri, [[Ernesto Sanz]] and [[Elisa Carrió]] as their representatives in the August 2015 primary elections, which were held to choose which candidate would run for the 2015 presidential election on 25 October. [[2015 Argentine general election|On 9 August 2015]], [[Mauricio Macri]] was elected with 80.75% of the votes as the candidate who would represent [[Cambiemos]] in the presidential election.

On [[2015 Argentine general election|25 October]], he won second place with 34.15% and managed to enter the ballotage. On [[2015 Argentine general election|22 November]], he was elected President of Argentina with 51.34% of the votes after winning in the second round the Kirchnerist [[Daniel Scioli]]

[[File:Jura de Mauricio Macri en el Congreso 05.jpg|thumb|329x329px|President [[Mauricio Macri|Macri]] and [[Vice president|Vicepresident]] [[Gabriela Michetti]], in their Inauguration Ceremony in [[National Congress of Argentina|Argentine Parliament]], on 10 December 2015]]

[[Horacio Rodríguez Larreta]] was elected [[List of mayors and chiefs of government of Buenos Aires|Chief of Government of the City of Buenos Aires]] under another district coalition: Unión-PRO. [[María Eugenia Vidal]] (PRO) defeated [[Aníbal Fernández]] and became [[Governor of the Buenos Aires Province]], putting an end to 28 years of [[Peronism|Peronist]] control.

Republican Proposal joined the [[International Democracy Union]] on 17 January 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://idu.org/meet-pro-argentina-the-idus-newest-member/|title=Meet PRO, Argentina – the IDU's newest member|website=International Democrat Union|date=17 January 2017|access-date=28 January 2017|archive-date=20 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170120104543/http://idu.org/meet-pro-argentina-the-idus-newest-member/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.clarin.com/politica/pro-ingresa-liga-mundial-partidos-derecha_0_HkVrpo5Px.html|title=El PRO ingresa a la liga mundial de los partidos de derecha|author=Guido Carelli Lynch|date=28 January 2017 |newspaper=[[Clarín (Argentine newspaper)|Clarín]]}}</ref>

In the legislative elections of 2017, [[Esteban Bullrich]], member of Republican Proposal, obtained the first place and Cambiemos defeated the [[Citizen's Unity]] of the former [[Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner]].<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1908163-macri-activa-a-medio-gabinete-para-las-elecciones-de-2017|title= Macri activa a medio gabinete para las elecciones de 2017|trans-title= Macri turns on half the cabinet for the 2017 elections|language= es|author= Santiago Dapelo|date= June 12, 2016|newspaper=La Nación|access-date=June 27, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/provincia-de-buenos-aires-unidad-ciudadana-nid2074656/?outputType=amp|title=Esteban Bullrich se impuso sobre Cristina Kirchner por cuatro puntos |date=22 October 2017|newspaper=[[La Nación]]}}</ref>

In March 2018, Union for Freedom, member of the [[Liberal International]], agreed to its dissolution and integration into the PRO. This merger was approved by the PRO National Council and [[Patricia Bullrich]] joined the party.

In June 2019, an extension of the [[Juntos por el Cambio|Cambiemos]] alliance was made: it is renamed [[Juntos por el Cambio]], by adding to [[Federal Peronism]] led by [[Miguel Ángel Pichetto]], who would share the presidential formula of space together with [[Mauricio Macri]]. In the 2019 presidential elections, JxC was in second place, with 40% of the votes, behind [[Alberto Fernández|Fernández]], who won first round with 48% of the votes.

In the province of [[Buenos Aires Province|Buenos Aires]], Governor [[María Eugenia Vidal]] sought re-election but was defeated by the candidate of the [[Frente de Todos (2019 coalition)|Frente de Todos]], [[Axel Kicillof]], who won 52% of the votes against 38% obtained by JxC.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.clarin.com/politica/kicillof-gano-vidal-critico-cambiemos-crisis-provincia_0_aydGGNyA.html|title=Elecciones 2019: Axel Kicillof le ganó a María Eugenia Vidal y criticó a Cambiemos por la crisis en la Provincia|date=28 October 2019}}</ref> In the city of [[Buenos Aires]], Mayor [[Horacio Rodríguez Larreta]] joins the [[Radical Civic Union]] and the [[Socialist Party (Argentina)|Socialist Party]] to the district alliance and is reelected as Chief of Government with 56% of the votes in the first round.<ref>{{cite news|last=Rosemberg|first=Jaime|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/un-triunfo-aplastante-que-lo-proyecta-como-el-referente-nacional-de-la-oposicion-nid2301220|title=Elecciones 2019: un triunfo aplastante proyecta a Larreta como el referente nacional de la oposición|work=[[La Nación]]|language=es|date=28 October 2019|access-date=5 November 2019}}</ref>

=== 2023 elections ===
Initially, [[Javier Milei]] invited [[Patricia Bullrich]] to run in an internal election in a brand new party that would define the candidate.<ref>{{Cite news |last=El Litoral |title=Milei pidió una interna con Patricia Bullrich |language=es |url=https://www.ellitoral.com/politica/javier-milei-patricia-bullrich-interna-elecciones-libertario-juntos-por-el-cambio_0_Qg1Zd6167h.html |access-date=2023-12-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-17 |title=Javier Milei propone ir a una interna con Patricia Bullrich: "El que gana conduce y el que pierde acompaña" |url=https://www.infobae.com/politica/2023/04/17/javier-milei-propone-ir-a-una-interna-con-patricia-bullrich-el-que-gana-conduce-y-el-que-pierde-acompana/ |access-date=2023-12-23 |website=infobae |language=es-ES}}</ref> Finally, the alliance did not materialize; and the PRO (within [[Juntos por el Cambio]]) presented two candidates for the primaries. One referenced in the "Hawks", the [[Far-right politics|radical right wing]], and more confrontational with the [[kirchnerism]] of the party, which was represented by Patricia Bullrich;<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Criales |first=José Pablo |date=2023-08-09 |title=Javier Milei holds mass rally in Argentina: 'The political caste is afraid; do you want to scare them a little more?' |url=https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-08-09/javier-milei-holds-mass-rally-in-argentina-the-political-caste-is-afraid-do-you-want-to-scare-them-a-little-more.html |access-date=2023-12-23 |website=EL PAÍS English |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=A Sharp Right Turn for Argentina? |url=https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/sharp-right-turn-argentina |access-date=2023-12-23 |website=Wilson Center |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jaureguy |first=Martina |date=2023-10-25 |title=Bullrich to endorse Milei in run-off: 'We decided to forgive each other' |url=https://buenosairesherald.com/politics/bullrich-to-endorse-milei-in-runoff-we-decided-to-forgive-each-other |access-date=2023-12-23 |website=Buenos Aires Herald |language=en-US}}</ref> and the other referenced in the "Doves", the more [[Political moderate|moderate]] and [[Centre-right politics|centre-right]] wing of the party, which was embodied by [[Horacio Rodríguez Larreta]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stefanoni |first=Pablo |title=Argentina prepara elecciones en medio de una profunda crisis |work=[[OpenDemocracy]] |url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/es/elecciones-argentinas-profunda-crisis/}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> In the end, Patricia Bullrich managed to overcome her dialoguing opponent, although she did not obtain enough percentage to qualify for the runoff.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Hard Right Captivates the Argentine Electorate |url=https://nacla.org/hard-right-captivates-argentine-electorate |access-date=2023-12-23 |website=NACLA |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-22 |title=Patricia Bullrich quedó fuera del balotaje y el resultado de Juntos por el Cambio podría marcar el fin de la coalición: Elecciones Argentina 2023 |url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/601274-patricia-bullrich-busca-meterse-en-la-pelea-el-voto-de-junto |access-date=2023-12-23 |website=Página/12 |language=es}}</ref> In which the hardest referents decided to support the [[Ultraconservatism|ultraconservative]] libertarian Javier Milei, on the contrary the moderates remained neutral or even some supported the [[Federal Peronism|center-right peronist]] [[Sergio Massa]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-25 |title=Oposición argentina se divide por polémico apoyo a Milei frente a balotaje |url=https://www.vozdeamerica.com/a/oposicion-argentina-divide-apoyo-milei-/7326557.html |access-date=2023-12-23 |website=Voz de América |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-14 |title=Nuevas adhesiones antes del balotaje: quiénes apoyan a Massa y quiénes a Milei |url=https://www.cronista.com/economia-politica/balotaje-del-pro-a-la-izquierda-quienes-apoyan-a-massa-y-quienes-a-milei/ |access-date=2023-12-23 |website=www.cronista.com |language=es}}</ref> When the libertarian reached the presidency, he appointed several hard-line members of the PRO in his cabinet.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-24 |title=Todos los funcionarios confirmados y los que se analizan |url=https://www.cronista.com/economia-politica/todos-los-puestos-confirmados-para-el-gobierno-de-javier-milei-y-los-que-se-analizan/ |access-date=2023-12-23 |website=www.cronista.com |language=es}}</ref>

After the election Patricia Bullrich returned to government as security minister in president [[Presidency of Javier Milei|Javier Milei's Cabinet]] in December 2023. Bullrich also stated that she will step down both as the leader of Juntos por el Cambio and  PRO party.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bullrich returns to government as security minister in Milei's Cabinet |url=https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/bullrich-returns-to-government-as-security-minister-in-mileis-cabinet.phtml |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=Buenos Aires Times|date=December 2023 }}</ref> As of 2024 Bullrich and Macri have different views on the future of PRO and its relation with ''La Libertad Avanza''. Bullrich wants PRO to formally join LLA and create a stronger party, while Macri prefers to stay as an autonomous ally.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-28 |title="PRO Libertad": diputados de Patricia Bullrich armaron un nuevo bloque y formalizaron la ruptura con Mauricio Macri en la Legislatura bonaerense |url=https://www.infobae.com/politica/2024/05/28/pro-libertad-diputados-de-patricia-bullrich-armaron-un-nuevo-bloque-y-formalizaron-la-ruptura-con-mauricio-macri-en-la-legislatura-bonaerense/ |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=infobae |language=es-ES}}</ref>

== Ideology ==
Despite its heterogeneity and post-ideological profile, PRO can be classified as a [[Centre-right politics|centre-right]]<ref>{{bulleted list|{{cite news|url= https://www.clarin.com/partidos/macrismo-muestran-indiferentes_0_r1G7vCTwQg.html |title= En el macrismo se muestran indiferentes|date= 15 August 2010|newspaper= [[Clarín (Argentine newspaper)|Clarín]]}}|{{cite news|url= https://www.clarin.com/opinion/pro-mauricio-macri-centroderecha-ideologia_0_B18P1m9P7l.html|title= Macri y el PRO en el poder: una suma de novedades históricas|author= Sergio Morresi y Gabriel Vommaro|date= 12 March 2015|newspaper= [[Clarín (Argentine newspaper)|Clarín]]}}|{{cite news |url= https://www.clarin.com/opinion/pro-cambiemos-macri-presidente-partidos-politicos_0_BkTdleFvXg.html|title= Macri y el PRO en el poder: una suma de novedades históricas|author= Fabián Bosoer|date= 23 November 2015|newspaper= [[Clarín (Argentine newspaper)|Clarín]]}}|{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/internacional/2015/03/22/actualidad/1427062606_617920.html|title=Macri, el alcalde que aprieta el paso hacia la presidencia argentina|date=March 23, 2015|website=[[El País (Spain)|El País]]|last1=Peregil|first1=Francisco}}|{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/internacional/2014/11/19/actualidad/1416412207_206894.html|title = Una dimisión fractura la coalición de centroizquierda contra el peronismo|newspaper = El País|date = 19 November 2014|last1 = Peregil|first1 = Francisco}}}}</ref><ref>{{bulleted list|{{Cite web |last=Lacunza |first=Sebastián |date=2023-06-26 |title=El peronismo elige a un amigo de los mercados para hacer frente a una derecha radicalizada en las presidenciales |url=https://www.eldiario.es/internacional/peronismo-elige-amigo-mercados-frente-derecha-radicalizada-presidenciales_1_10327353.html |access-date=2023-07-30 |website=elDiario.es |language=es}}|{{Cite news |last=Peregil |first=Francisco |date=2015-03-16 |title=El gran partido opositor argentino se une a la derecha en las presidenciales |language=es |work=El País |url=https://elpais.com/internacional/2015/03/15/actualidad/1426427836_886088.html |access-date=2023-06-24 |issn=1134-6582}}|{{Cite news |last=Rebossio |first=Alejandro |date=2015-07-20 |title=La derecha gana en Buenos Aires por un estrecho margen |language=es |work=El País |url=https://elpais.com/internacional/2015/07/20/actualidad/1437350926_997671.html |access-date=2023-06-24 |issn=1134-6582}}|{{Cite web |date=2015-07-20 |title=La derecha gana por solo tres puntos la alcaldía de Buenos Aires |url=https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias/2015/07/150720_argentina_elecciones_buenos_aires_macri_men |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=BBC News Mundo |language=es}}|{{Cite web |date=January 19, 2023 |title=Meet the Candidates: Argentina |url=https://www.americasquarterly.org/article/meet-the-candidates-argentina-2/ |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=Americas Quarterly |language=en-US}}}}</ref><ref>{{bulleted list|{{Cite journal |last=Caruncho |first=Lucía |url=http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0121-56122020000300085&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=es |title=Partidos de derecha y estilos de liderazgo. Notas sobre el PRO argentino y el PSL brasileño. |journal=Colombia Internacional |date=2020 |issue=103 |pages=85–109 |location=Colombia Internacional|doi=10.7440/colombiaint103.2020.08 }}|{{Cite journal |last=Martinez Ledesma |first=Delfina |date=2019 |title=La derecha en Argentina, ¿etiqueta superada o etiqueta vedada? : una aproximación exploratoria a través de un estudio de caso del Pro |url=http://repositorio.udesa.edu.ar/jspui/handle/10908/16531 |journal=}}|{{Cite book |last=Lucca |first=Juan Bautista |url=http://www.scielo.org.ar/pdf/tede/n34/n34a07.pdf |title=Coaliciones Políticas. La Argentina en Perspectiva |year=2015 |location= |pages=2 |language=Spanish}}|{{Cite journal |last=Zícari |first=Julian Norberto |date=2017 |title=Las coaliciones neoliberales en la Argentina: los casos de la Alianza y Cambiemos |url=https://ri.conicet.gov.ar/handle/11336/77566 |journal= |issn=0325-1926}}|{{Cite journal |last=Caruncho |first=Lucía |date=2018 |title=«Las cosas por su nombre»: Un estudio de la racionalidad subjetiva del neoliberalismo a partir del análisis de los Principios Institucionales del PRO (2018) |url=https://ri.conicet.gov.ar/handle/11336/177416 |journal= |issn=1853-6484}}|{{Cite journal |last1=Bohoslavsky |first1=Ernesto |last2=Morresi |first2=Sergio |date=2016-12-01 |title=El partido PRO y el triunfo de la nueva derecha en Argentina |url=https://journals.openedition.org/alhim/5619?lang=fr |journal=Amérique Latine Histoire et Mémoire. Les Cahiers ALHIM |volume=32 |language=es |issue=32 |doi=10.4000/alhim.5619 |issn=1777-5175|doi-access=free }}}}</ref><ref>{{bulleted list|{{Cite web |title=The difficulties of the partisan right in argentina : The case of the pro party |s2cid=43174127 }}|{{Cite web |title=Right and Center-Right in Contemporary Argentina: The PRO Party Case |url=https://www.conicet.gov.ar/new_scp/detalle.php?keywords=&id=24163&congresos=yes&detalles=yes&congr_id=1932146 |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=www.conicet.gov.ar}}|{{Cite book |last=Meléndez |first=Carlos |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fMGFEAAAQBAJ&dq=Propuesta+Republicana+right-wing&pg=PT50 |title=The Post-Partisans: Anti-Partisans, Anti-Establishment Identifiers, and Apartisans in Latin America |date=2022-09-08 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-108-60413-0 |language=en}}|{{Cite book |last=Berbecel |first=Dan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YqdMEAAAQBAJ&dq=Propuesta+Republicana+right-wing&pg=PT17 |title=Presidential Power in Latin America: Examining the Cases of Argentina and Chile |date=2021-12-23 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-000-50967-0 |language=en}}|{{Cite book |last1=Luna |first1=Juan Pablo |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WOURBAAAQBAJ&dq=Propuesta+Republicana+right-wing&pg=PA353 |title=The Resilience of the Latin American Right |last2=Kaltwasser |first2=Cristóbal Rovira |date=September 2014 |publisher=JHU Press |isbn=978-1-4214-1390-7 |language=en}}|{{Cite book |last=Larrabure |first=Manuel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yyCcEAAAQBAJ&dq=Propuesta+Republicana+right-wing&pg=PT101 |title=The Latin American Crisis and the New Authoritarian State |date=2022-12-30 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-000-80173-6 |language=en}}|{{Cite book |last=Schwartz |first=Marcy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0dM9DwAAQBAJ&dq=Propuesta+Republicana+right-wing&pg=PA46 |title=Public Pages: Reading Along the Latin American Streetscape |date=2018-05-02 |publisher=University of Texas Press |isbn=978-1-4773-1520-0 |language=en}}|{{Cite book |last1=Margulis |first1=Matias E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nv42DAAAQBAJ&dq=Propuesta+Republicana+right-wing&pg=PA206 |title=Land Grabbing and Global Governance |last2=McKeon |first2=Nora |last3=Jr |first3=Saturnino M. Borras |date=2016-05-23 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-95216-8 |language=en}}|{{Cite book |last1=Bessant |first1=Judith |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zi89EAAAQBAJ&dq=Propuesta+Republicana+right-wing&pg=PA64 |title=When Students Protest: Secondary and High Schools |last2=Mesinas |first2=Analicia Mejia |last3=Pickard |first3=Sarah |date=2021-08-20 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-78661-178-9 |language=en}}|{{Cite book |last=Cabanellas |first=Guillermo |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b-xmEAAAQBAJ&dq=Propuesta+Republicana+right-wing&pg=PT21 |title=Intellectual Property Law in Argentina |date=2022-01-21 |publisher=Kluwer Law International B.V. |isbn=978-94-035-4093-1 |language=en}}}}</ref> party close to the [[Conservative liberalism|liberal-conservative]] tradition and the [[Neoliberalism|neoliberal]] paradigm.<ref name="auto1"/> With analysts denoting the party's 3 main ideologies being [[conservatism]],<ref>*Sergio D. Morresi & Gabriel Vommaro, [http://live.v1.udesa.edu.ar/files/UAHumanidades/EVENTOS/PaperMorresi040413.pdf The Difficulties of the Partisan Right in Argentina: The Case of the PRO Party] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221635/http://live.v1.udesa.edu.ar/files/UAHumanidades/EVENTOS/PaperMorresi040413.pdf |date=3 March 2016 }}, Draft, March 2013
*{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/internacional/2015/03/15/actualidad/1426427836_886088.html|title=El gran partido opositor argentino se une a la derecha en las presidenciales|date=March 16, 2015|website=[[El País (Spain)|El País]]|last1=Peregil|first1=Francisco}}
*{{Cite news|url = https://elpais.com/internacional/2007/06/25/actualidad/1182722401_850215.html|title = El conservador Mauricio Macri arrebata al peronismo la capital argentina|newspaper = El País|date = 24 June 2007}}
*{{Cite news|url = https://elpais.com/internacional/2011/07/31/actualidad/1312063207_850215.html|title = Mauricio Macri gana por amplia mayoría su segundo mandato en Buenos Aires|newspaper = El País|date = 31 July 2011}}
*{{Cite web|url = https://www.abc.es/internacional/abcp-victoria-conservador-macri-desafia-201107120000_noticia.html|title = La victoria del conservador Macri desafía el poder de Kirchner|date = 12 July 2011}}
*{{Cite web|url = https://www.elmundo.es/internacional/2015/04/26/553c65bd22601d2a568b456c.html|title = El conservador Macri se prepara para festejar un triunfo contundente de sus candidatos en Buenos Aires|date = 26 April 2015}}
*{{Cite web|url = https://www.elmundo.es/internacional/2015/07/20/55ac3afee2704ece3a8b4588.html|title = La amarga victoria de Macri en Buenos Aires|date = 20 July 2015}}
*{{Cite news|url = https://elpais.com/internacional/2015/07/20/actualidad/1437350926_997671.html|title = La derecha gana en Buenos Aires por un estrecho margen|newspaper = El País|date = 20 July 2015|last1 = Rebossio|first1 = Alejandro}}</ref> [[developmentalism]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Mauricio Macri siempre fue desarrollista|url=http://www.lapoliticaonline.com/nota/60736/|date=29 April 2012 | publisher=La Política Online}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Schiavoni: "Si hacíamos el sinceramiento que hizo Frondizi, nos quedábamos sin Gobierno"|url=https://www.visiondesarrollista.org/entrevista-schiavoni/|date=12 April 2018 | publisher=Visión Desarrollista}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/opinion/contradicciones-entre-el-macri-desarrollista-y-el-ortodoxo-nid2156753/|title = Contradicciones entre el Macri desarrollista y el ortodoxo - LA NACION|newspaper = La Nación}}</ref> and [[economic liberalism]].<ref>
*{{cite web |url=http://live.v1.udesa.edu.ar/files/UAHumanidades/EVENTOS/PaperMorresi040413.pdf |title=How to construct a successful party of the center-right in contemporary Argentina? |access-date=6 October 2015 |author=Sergio D. Morresi, Gabriel Vommaro |date=March 2013 |work=The difficulties of the partisian right in Argentina: The case of the PRO Party, página 13. [[Universidad de San Andrés]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221635/http://live.v1.udesa.edu.ar/files/UAHumanidades/EVENTOS/PaperMorresi040413.pdf |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}
*{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/internacional/2015/12/10/argentina/1449740929_120751.html|title = EN VIVO &#124; Macri ya es el nuevo presidente de Argentina|newspaper = El País|date = 10 December 2015|last1 = Cué|first1 = Carlos E.|last2 = Rebossio|first2 = Alejandro}}
*{{Cite news|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/opinion/el-gobierno-de-macri-es-neoliberal-nid1950373/|title = ¿El gobierno de Macri es neoliberal? - LA NACION|newspaper = La Nación}}
*{{cite news | url=https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2022/11/03/argentinas-slum-policy-is-a-rare-bright-spot-in-the-country | title=Argentina's slum policy is a rare bright spot in the country | newspaper=The Economist }}
*https://www.france24.com/es/20191025-macri-el-empresario-liberal-al-que-la-crisis-econ%C3%B3mica-juega-una-mala-pasada</ref> The party aims to revive the "spirit" of [[Arturo Frondizi]], who was Argentine president of the [[Radical Civic Union]] between 1958 and 1962.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://prensaeconomica.com.ar/2015/12/sera-frondizi-la-nueva-epica/|title=¿Frondizi como nueva épica? – Prensa económica}}</ref>

Fabián Bosoer, a political scientist who writes for [[Clarin (Argentine newspaper)|Clarín]], says PRO is "centre-right or [[republicanism|republican]] [[liberalism|liberal]]" party.<ref name="Fabián Bosoer">{{cite news |url= https://www.clarin.com/opinion/pro-cambiemos-macri-presidente-partidos-politicos_0_BkTdleFvXg.html|title= Macri y el PRO en el poder: una suma de novedades históricas|author= Fabián Bosoer|date= 23 November 2015|newspaper= [[Clarín (Argentine newspaper)|Clarín]]}}</ref>

PRO's fundamental ties come from other centre-right parties. It sought alliances with parties like the [[Democratic Party of the City of Buenos Aires|Democratic Party]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.losandes.com.ar/ratifico-alianza-iran-juntos-763760/|title=El PD ratificó su alianza con el Pro e irán juntos|website=Los Andes|date=26 January 2014 }}</ref>

PRO is affiliated with the [[International Democracy Union]] and has links with international networks of [[think tank]]s such as the [[Konrad Adenauer Foundation]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.clarin.com/politica/pro-ingresa-liga-mundial-partidos-derecha_0_HkVrpo5Px.html|title=El PRO ingresa a la liga mundial de los partidos de derecha|website=www.clarin.com|date=28 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/politica/2017/01/20/el-pro-se-afilio-a-la-union-democrata-internacional/|title=El PRO se afilió a la Unión Demócrata Internacional|author=Silvia Mercado|website=infobae}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kas.de/es/web/argentinien/acerca-de-nosotros|title=Acerca de nosotros |website=Sede KAS-Argentina}}</ref>

[[Mauricio Macri]] defined his own strength as "[[free market|pro-market]] and [[free trade|pro-business]]".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/elpais/subnotas/162783-52119-2011-02-21.html|title=Página/12 :: El país :: "Somos pro mercado"|website=www.pagina12.com.ar}}</ref>

Despite the majority of PRO members, they refuse to accept that their party be classified as "[[right-wing]]" for various reasons.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://revistaanfibia.com/cronica/nofuemagia/|title=No fue magia – Revista Anfibia|website=[[Anfibia]]|date=26 October 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-34899223|title= Change ahead: Mauricio Macri's vision for Argentina|date= 10 December 2015|newspaper= [[BBC]]}}</ref>  In [[Argentina]], only 20% of citizens recognize themselves as [[right-wing]] and PRO, like other modern parties, to seek where there is a greater number of potential votes, hoping to add voters to the [[Centrism|centre]] without losing the support of those on the [[right-wing]]. A rejection to be placed in the field of the right-wing prevails, which in [[Argentina]] is strongly associated with [[authoritarianism]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://revistaanfibia.com/ensayo/nueva-derecha-autoritarismo-social/|title=Nueva derecha y autoritarismo social – Revista Anfibia|date=16 November 2017 }}</ref> There is also a centrist faction led by [[Horacio Rodríguez Larreta]].<ref name="lapoliticaonline.com">{{cite web | url=https://www.lapoliticaonline.com/nota/130217-larreta-avanza-en-su-armado-de-centro-y-se-muestra-con-frigerio-y-vidal/ | title=Larreta avanza en su armado de centro y se muestra con Frigerio y Vidal }}</ref>

=== Economic issues ===
PRO supports [[tax|lower taxes]], [[deregulation]] and [[free trade]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/macri-promete-reducir-poco-a-poco-los-impuestos-y-espera-que-el-dolar-este-por-debajo-de-los-16-nid1843657/|title=Macri promete reducir "poco a poco" los impuestos y espera que el dólar esté "por debajo de los $16"|newspaper=La Nación}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/economia/los-cinco-aciertos-cinco-errores-economia-era-nid2301743|title=Economía. Los grandes aciertos y los errores de Macri, según especialistas|date=29 October 2019|newspaper=La Nación}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/economia/primeros-pasos-hacia-una-mayor-apertura-comercial-nid1949790|title=Primeros pasos hacia una mayor apertura comercial|date=24 October 2016|newspaper=La Nación}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.argentinaforum2016.com/en/node/132|title=Argentina, Mexico embrace free trade|website=Argentina Investment and Trade Promotion Agency|language=en|access-date=16 March 2017|archive-date=7 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807124700/http://www.argentinaforum2016.com/en/node/132|url-status=dead}}</ref> Macri has expressed opposition to the [[nationalization]] of the country's [[Aerolíneas Argentinas|airline]] and [[YPF|oil companies]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/macri-critico-el-proyecto-de-reestatizacion-de-aerolineas-nid1043054/?outputType=amp|title=Macri criticó el proyecto de reestatización de Aerolíneas – LA NACION|website=www.lanacion.com.ar|date=25 August 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/macri-adelanto-que-los-legisladores-de-pro-no-aprobaran-la-expropiacion-de-ypf-en-el-congres-nid1465724/|title=Macri: "Esta decisión va en contra de los intereses de los argentinos"|newspaper=La Nación}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://chequeado.com/el-explicador/es-verdad-que-el-pro-voto-en-contra-de-las-leyes-que-marca-la-campana-de-scioli/ |title=¿Es verdad que el PRO votó en contra de las leyes que marca la campaña de Scioli? - Chequeado |access-date=6 July 2020 |archive-date=6 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706174954/https://chequeado.com/el-explicador/es-verdad-que-el-pro-voto-en-contra-de-las-leyes-que-marca-la-campana-de-scioli/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

During [[Presidency of Mauricio Macri|Macri's presidency]], he liberalized [[Foreign exchange controls|foreign exchange]] and [[Trade restriction|exports and imports controls]], cut some [[taxes]] and [[energy subsidies]].<ref>
*{{Cite news|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/el-gobierno-elimina-el-cepo-y-anticipa-una-devaluacion-del-orden-del-40-nid1854962/|title=El Gobierno elimina el cepo y anticipa una devaluación del orden del 40%|newspaper=La Nación}}
*{{Cite news|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/macri-las-retenciones-exportacion-son-mal-impuesto-nid2267592|title=Macri: "Las retenciones a la exportación tienen que desaparecer "|date=14 July 2019|newspaper=La Nación}}
*{{Cite news|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/economia/que-dice-informe-dujovne-le-entrego-macri-nid2270710|title=Déficit. El informe sobre los impuestos en el país que Dujovne le dio a Macri|date=24 July 2019|newspaper=La Nación}}
*{{Cite news|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/el-gobierno-bajara-iva-algunos-productos-nid2277836|title=Macri elimina el IVA para gran parte de los productos de la canasta básica|date=15 August 2019|newspaper=La Nación}}
*{{Cite web|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/economia/la-herencia-economica-macri-le-dejara-fernandez-nid2303536/amp|title=La herencia económica que Macri le dejará a Fernández, según el Gobierno – LA NACION|website=www.lanacion.com.ar|date=4 November 2019}}
*{{Cite news|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/economia/aranguren-dijo-que-el-aumento-de-tarifas-es-necesario-hay-que-reordenar-los-subsidios-nid1867003|title=Aranguren dijo que el aumento de tarifas "es necesario ": "Hay que reordenar los|date=31 January 2016|newspaper=La Nación}}</ref>

=== Social issues ===
[[Mauricio Macri]] has opposed [[LGBT rights]] during the 1990s but has evolved since then. In 2009, he declared to be in favor of same sex unions and that he was not appealing the ruling that enabled the marriage between two men in the City of Buenos Aires.<ref name="www.clarin.com"/> Nevertheless, in 2010, the majority of national deputies of PRO voted against [[Same-sex marriage in Argentina|same-sex marriage]], including [[Gabriela Michetti]], who actively campaigned against it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.perfil.com/politica/Matrimonio-gay-como-voto-cada-Diputado-20100505-0021.html |title=Matrimonio gay: cómo votó cada Diputado |publisher=Perfil |date= 31 January 2020|access-date=31 January 2020}}</ref><ref name="www.clarin.com">{{Cite news |url=https://www.clarin.com/ediciones-anteriores/macri-dio-fuerte-respaldo-matrimonio-homosexuales_0_HJNgYfdC6Kx.html |title=Macri dio un fuerte respaldo al matrimonio entre homosexuales |website=[[Clarín (Argentine newspaper)|Clarín]] |date=14 November 2009 |language=es |access-date=24 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blogs.tn.com.ar/todxs/2013/08/08/paso2013|title=Especial elecciones: los(as) candidatos(as) que votaron contra vos, o a favor tuyo &#124; Tod@s|date=12 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812005005/http://blogs.tn.com.ar/todxs/2013/08/08/paso2013|archive-date=12 August 2013}}</ref>

During Macri's presidency, when the PRO leader declared himself [[anti-abortion movement|pro-life]], most party members voted against legalizing [[Abortion in Argentina|abortion]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chequeado.com/verificacionfb/infobae-macri-yo-estoy-a-favor-de-la-vida/|title=Infobae: "Macri: 'Yo estoy a favor de la vida'" – Chequeado|date=26 June 2018 }}</ref>

===Foreign policy===
Macri improved [[Argentina–United States relations|the relations with the United States]] and from [[Mercosur]] achieved a [[free trade agreement]] with the [[European Union]] and closer ties with the [[Pacific Alliance]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/barack-obama-visita-oficial-mauricio-macri-reunion-acuerdos-bilaterales-nid1882496/|title=Mauricio Macri se reunió con Barack Obama en la Casa Rosada|newspaper=La Nación}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/inminente-acuerdo-mercosur-union-europea-nid2262578|title=Histórico: firman el acuerdo comercial entre el Mercosur y la Unión Europea|date=June 28, 2019|newspaper=La Nación}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/giro-estrategico-macri-busca-un-acercamiento-a-la-alianza-del-pacifico-nid1904116/|title=Giro estratégico: Macri busca un acercamiento a la Alianza del Pacífico|newspaper=La Nación}}</ref>

PRO and Cambiemos opposes strongly the regime of [[Nicolás Maduro]] in [[Venezuela]] for [[human rights|human rights abuses]] and calls for a restoration of [[democracy]] in the country.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.infobae.com/politica/2017/07/06/diputados-de-cambiemos-lanzaron-una-mesa-de-trabajo-para-seguir-de-cerca-la-crisis-de-venezuela/|title= Diputados de Cambiemos lanzaron una mesa de trabajo para seguir de cerca la crisis de Venezuela|trans-title= Deputies of Cambiemos started a workgroup to follow the crisis in Venezuela|language= es|date= July 6, 2017|publisher= Infobae|access-date=October 1, 2018}}</ref>

During the first week in office, Macri annulled the [[Memorandum of understanding between Argentina and Iran]], which would have established a joint investigation into the [[AMIA bombing|1994 bombing with AMIA]], a terrorist attack on a Jewish organization for which Argentina blamed [[Hezbollah]] and [[Iran]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/se-cae-definitivamente-el-memorandum-con-iran-nid1853370/|title=Macri confirmó que se cae definitivamente el memorándum con Irán|newspaper=La Nación}}</ref>

== Young PRO ==
Jóvenes PRO is the young wing within this political party with had an ideology based on [[centrism]], [[economic liberalism]] and [[developmentalism]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://revistaanfibia.com/cronica/la-cara-bonita-de-la-nueva-derecha/|title=La cara bonita de la nueva derecha – Revista Anfibia|date=28 July 2014 }}</ref>

They are full members of the [[International Young Democrat Union|International Youth Democrat Union]], a global association of conservative and center-right [[youth organisation|youth organizations]] since December 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iydu.org/member/propuesta-republicana-republican-proposal/|title=Propuesta Republicana|access-date=21 June 2020|archive-date=22 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622172720/http://www.iydu.org/member/propuesta-republicana-republican-proposal/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

For many years, the youth wing was led by [[Marcos Peña]], Chief of the Cabinet and one of the biggest referents of the PRO party.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.clarin.com/politica/elecciones_2015-macri-pena-perfil_0_HyHh-gFD7e.html|title=Marcos Peña, el dirigente del PRO más cercano a Macri|website=www.clarin.com|date=21 November 2015}}</ref>

In April 2018, leaders of the ruling party attended the First National Youth Meeting of [[Cambiemos]]. There [[Marcos Peña]] questioned "[[populism]]" and encouraged them to continue on the path of "collective construction".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/politica/2018/04/21/marcos-pena-a-los-jovenes-de-cambiemos-el-populismo-se-quedo-sin-votos-y-no-acepta-que-es-minoria/|title=Marcos Peña a los jóvenes de Cambiemos: "El populismo se quedó sin votos y no acepta que es minoría"|date=21 April 2018 }}</ref>

When [[Javier Milei]] won the elections in 2023, the group decided to support him, and turned towards the [[far-right]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-19 |title=Jóvenes y de ultraderecha: La Juventud del PRO Salta está muy contenta con Milei |url=https://www.cuarto.com.ar/de-ultraderecha-la-juventud-del-pro-salta-esta-muy-contenta-con-milei/ |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=Cuarto |language=es}}</ref>

==Pensar Foundation==
Fundación Pensar is a [[think tank]] that develops electoral strategies and [[public policies]] for the party.<ref>Infobae, [http://www.infobae.com/2013/01/23/692876-el-pro-se-defiende-tenemos-equipos-reconocidos-nivel-mundial El PRO se defiende: "Tenemos equipos reconocidos a nivel mundial"]</ref>

In 2010, he was with Francisco Cabrera as president. The objective of the foundation was to design public policies and coordinate technical teams for a future national government of [[Mauricio Macri]].<ref>La Prensa, [http://www.laprensa.com.ar/Note.aspx?Note=361669 Macri presentó sus equipos técnicos con vistas al 2011]</ref>

== PRO presidents ==
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
!Name
!Portrait
!Vice President
! style="text-align:center;" |Presidency
start date
! style="text-align:center;" |Presidency
end date
|-
|[[Mauricio Macri]]
|[[File:Presidente Macri en el Sillon de Rivadavia (cropped).jpg|89x89px]]
|[[Gabriela Michetti]]
|10 December 2015
|10 December 2019
|}

==Electoral history==

===Presidential elections===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Election year
! rowspan="2"| Candidate(s)
! colspan="2"| First round
! colspan="2"| Second round
! rowspan="2"| Result
! rowspan="2"| Note
|-
! # votes
! % vote
! # votes
! % vote
|-
! [[2007 Argentine general election|2007]]
| [[Ricardo López Murphy]]
| 273,015
| 1.43%
| colspan="2" style="background:#ccc;"| 
| {{N}} '''Defeated'''
| as [[Recreate for Growth]]
|-
! [[2015 Argentine general election|2015]]
| [[Mauricio Macri]]
| 8,601,063
| 34.15%
| 12,997,938
| 51.34%
| {{Y}} '''Victory'''
| as [[Cambiemos]]
|-
! [[2019 Argentine general election|2019]]
| [[Mauricio Macri]]
| 10,470,607
| 40.37%
| colspan="2" style="background:#ccc;"| 
| {{N}} '''Defeated'''
| as [[Juntos por el Cambio]]
|-
! [[2023 Argentine general election|2023]]
| [[Patricia Bullrich]]
| 6,379,023
| 23.81%
| colspan="2" style="background:#ccc;"| 
| {{N}} '''Defeated'''
| as [[Juntos por el Cambio]]
|}

===Congressional elections===

====Chamber of Deputies====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Election year
! votes
! %
! seats won
! Total seats
! Position
! Presidency
! Note
|-
! [[2005 Argentine legislative election|2005]]
| 1,046,020
| 7.55
| 9
| {{Composition bar|9|257|hex={{party color|Republican Proposal}}}}
| Minority
| [[Néstor Kirchner]] (FPV—PJ)
| In opposition
|-
! 2007
| 141,660
| 5.67
| 0
| {{Composition bar|9|257|hex={{party color|Republican Proposal}}}}
| Minority
| [[Néstor Kirchner]] (FPV—PJ)
| In opposition
|-
! [[2009 Argentine legislative election|2009]]
| 3,391,391
| 19.21
| 20
| {{Composition bar|20|257|hex={{party color|Republican Proposal}}}}
| Minority
| [[Cristina Fernández de Kirchner|Cristina Kirchner]] (FPV—PJ)
| In opposition
|-
! 2011
| 471,851
| 2.08
| 3
| {{Composition bar|11|257|hex={{party color|Republican Proposal}}}}
| Minority
| [[Cristina Fernández de Kirchner|Cristina Kirchner]] (FPV—PJ)
| In opposition
|-
! [[2013 Argentine legislative election|2013]]
| 2,033,459
| 8.18
| 18
| {{Composition bar|20|257|hex={{party color|Republican Proposal}}}}
| Minority
| [[Cristina Fernández de Kirchner|Cristina Kirchner]] (FPV—PJ)
| In opposition
|-
! 2015
| 8,601,063
| 34.15
| 21
| {{Composition bar|41|257|{{party color|Republican Proposal}}}}
| Minority
| [[Mauricio Macri]] (PRO)
| In government
|-
! [[2017 Argentine legislative election|2017]]
| 10,161,053
| 41.76
| 14
| {{Composition bar|55|257|{{party color|Republican Proposal}}}}
| Minority
| [[Mauricio Macri]] (PRO)
| In government
|-
! 2019
| 10,347,402
| 40.36
| 4
| {{Composition bar|51|257|{{party color|Republican Proposal}}}}
| Minority
| [[Alberto Fernández]] (FdT-PJ)
| In opposition
|}

====Senate elections====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Election year
! votes
! %
! seats won
! Total seats
! Position
! Presidency
! Note
|-
! [[2005 Argentine legislative election|2005]]
| 492,892
| 7.5
| 0
| {{Composition bar|0|72|hex={{party color|Republican Proposal}}}}
| Minority
| [[Néstor Kirchner]] (FPV—PJ)
| In opposition
|-
! 2007
| 20,077
| 5.67
| 0
| {{Composition bar|0|72|hex={{party color|Republican Proposal}}}}
| Minority
| [[Néstor Kirchner]] (FPV—PJ)
| In opposition
|-
! [[2009 Argentine legislative election|2009]]
| 121,100
| 19.21
| 0
| {{Composition bar|0|72|hex={{party color|Republican Proposal}}}}
| Minority
| [[Cristina Fernández de Kirchner|Cristina Kirchner]] (FPV—PJ)
| In opposition
|-
! 2011
| 55,023
| 2.08
| 0
| {{Composition bar|0|72|hex={{party color|Republican Proposal}}}}
| Minority
| [[Cristina Fernández de Kirchner|Cristina Kirchner]] (FPV—PJ)
| In opposition
|-
! [[2013 Argentine legislative election|2013]]
| 779,404
| 8.18
| 3
| {{Composition bar|3|72|hex={{party color|Republican Proposal}}}}
| Minority
| [[Cristina Fernández de Kirchner|Cristina Kirchner]] (FPV—PJ)
| In opposition
|-
! 2015
| 8,601,063
| 34.15
| 5
| {{Composition bar|6|72|hex={{party color|Republican Proposal}}}}
| Minority
| [[Mauricio Macri]] (PRO)
| In government
|-
! [[2017 Argentine legislative election|2017]]
| 4,802,632
| 41.01
| 1
| {{Composition bar|7|72|hex={{party color|Republican Proposal}}}}
| Minority
| [[Mauricio Macri]] (PRO)
| In government
|-
! 2019
| 2,363,432
| 41.94
| 1
| {{Composition bar|8|72|hex={{party color|Republican Proposal}}}}
| Minority
| [[Alberto Fernández]] (FdT-PJ)
| In opposition
|}

==Further reading==
* Vommaro, Gabriel (2023). ''[[doi:10.1017/9781009418256|Conservatives against the Tide: The Rise of the Argentine PRO in Comparative Perspective]]''. Cambridge University Press. [[Doi (identifier)|doi]]:10.1017/9781009418256

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.pro.com.ar/ Official website]

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