Angelici's dual strategy: ensuring city governance while planning for a post-Milei coalition

Daniel Angelici, a figure closely aligned with PRO party leader Jorge Macri, is actively working to secure the party's governance in Buenos Aires City, even though he is not a formal member. He is engaged in behind-the-scenes negotiations to facilitate the passage of legislation by the city's legislature, where the ruling party now holds a minority position since December.

Angelici's strategy involves leveraging key figures, such as Pilar Ramírez, president of the La Libertad Avanza (LLA) bloc and a trusted associate of Karina Milei. His long-standing acquaintance with Ramírez's husband, Darío Wasserman, president of Banco Nación, is also seen as beneficial. While pragmatically focused on assisting Mayor Jorge Macri, Angelici is simultaneously pursuing his own political agenda for 2027, aiming to revive a previous coalition that excluded the Libertarians.

Angelici, who has maintained a long-standing affiliation with the Radical Civic Union (UCR) in the city, has consistently operated within the centrist party despite his close ties to PRO founders Mauricio and Jorge Macri. This dual allegiance allowed him to comfortably navigate alliances between the UCR and PRO for years. However, the emergence of LLA has disrupted this political landscape, leading to separate electoral alignments for PRO and the UCR in recent elections, a pattern that might continue next year.

Sources close to the radical leader indicate Angelici's intention to reassemble a moderate coalition similar to the former Cambiemos, later known as Juntos por el Cambio, encompassing PRO, the UCR, and the Civic Coalition. He has been working for months to foster reconciliation between Jorge Macri and his predecessor, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, though reports of a meeting between them remain unconfirmed by their respective teams. Despite the lack of progress, those familiar with Angelici believe his project is still viable, as they anticipate that neither Larreta nor Macri can secure re-election independently. They foresee the UCR playing a pivotal role as a bridge between the two factions, aiming to establish a competitive coalition that can defend PRO's 20-year leadership in the Capital Federal.