ThoseEntry of Javier Milei –
Acclaimed like a rock star, the Argentinian president does the show in Switzerland
The “Pampa Trump” was awarded the Röpke Prize for the Civil Society of the Liberal Institute of Zurich in front of 600 people acquired in its cause.
Posted: 26.01.2025, 6.45 p.m.
The Argentinian president was ovationed upon his arrival in Kloten.
Ennio Leanza/Keystone
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- Argentine president Javier Milei made an appearance at the Kloten conventions center this Friday.
- He was congratulated for having dropped public spending by 15%.
- Significant security measures have been put in place in front of the building. No disorder has been reported.
When Javier Milei enters the scene, the 600 spectators of the Congress Center at Zurich Airport jump from their chairs. Crees of joy burst. “”Freedom, freedom, freedom“Scandes the crowd.
The controversial president of Argentina plays at home. His coming has been wave for a long time already. The Liberal Institute, which organized the event, was overwhelmed with requests. The 600 places left like hotcakes, despite the price of tickets between 99 and 249 francs. Left autonomous circles committed an attack on painting against the building and called to demonstrate.
Argentina, formerly one of the richest countries in the world, has been abandoned for decades. Then the chainsaw man arrived. It has drastically reduced state expenditure. He dissolved entire ministries. He put in the street tens of thousands of officials, which earned him to be praised by liberals and libertarians from around the world. The tone is set. Finally someone who wants to release the country from the peronist yoke and who puts the principle of merit in honor. On the other hand, he is the enemy of the left who criticizes him for pursuing a policy to the detriment of the poor and the minorities.
Safety checks as at the airport
An impressive police device, with water cannons and dogs, is deployed in front of the conference center.
Visitors must pass the same type of security control as at the airport. However, no sower of troubles or breaker stood out. Only a few supporters without a ticket stir up Argentinian flags in the hope of seeing the ultra -liberal president.
Before he finally entered the scene, several representatives of the Liberal Institute praise his merits. He has hope in a world “who has too faith in the state” and who rushes into the wall. The Savior arrived, return to freedom and prosperity. The Argentinian president was awarded the Röpke prize for civil society for his “role of international pioneer in the fight against the sprawling state”.
The economist “antisystem” was awarded the Röpke Prize for civil society awarded by the Liberal Institute of Zurich on Friday afternoon.
Ennio Leanza/Keystone
Javier Milei speaks in a playful tone. He gives rhythm to his text, constantly interrupted by bravos and cries, rock concert atmosphere.
-He listed the successes of the first year of his mandate. It built inflation reduced by half, the first surplus of public accounts since 2009, the stabilization of a longtime sick economy and a record trade surplus.
His government has released 9 million Argentines and Argentines from poverty, he exclaims under a thunderous applause. A figure that his adversaries vehemently dispute with vehement. According to them, the poverty rate has exploded since coming to power.
On the way to “the most free country in the world”
The president with libertarian ideas explains how he intends to make Argentina “the most free country in the world” and how his shock treatment will put his country back on rails. Since the establishment of a special authority, the government has repealed around six laws per day. “For decades, Argentina was the very example of everything you should not do. It is now one of the countries on which you have to bet everything. ”
The government is working on a structural tax reform whose jurisdiction will be rendered to the provinces. In terms of federalism, Switzerland is one step ahead.
He promises to close the central bank, which earned him nourished applause. He made the adoption of the greenback his mantra. He devalued the peso by 50%. His government finally fell back on a key proposal concerning the taxation of cryptocurrencies.
He then uttered the crowd: “Look at what we have achieved in just a year, against all odds, so imagine what we are going to shoot in the next three years, this time with the back wind.”
No provocation
Unlike the WEF, where he treated his adversaries as “globalists”, in Kloten, he gave up any provocation, to any violent indictment. He was held to economic themes. He did not say a word on “Woke hegemony”, unlike Davos.
At the end of his intervention, Javier Milei deviates from his notes. “I am deeply moved,” he says, telling an anecdote. In 1989, he played football as a goalkeeper. Each day, prices at the supermarket were higher than the day before. It was then that he understood that he had to stop sport and devote himself to the economy.
He ends his speech under the Hourras. “”Long live freedom, fuck!»
Translated from German by Emmanuelle Stevan
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