Argentina: Political parties and the EU
Argentina's presidential elections are scheduled for October 2015 and, according to the country's Constitution, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is not entitled to run for a third consecutive term. As regards alternative candidates, the political landscape remains polarised after the primary elections. Argentina has a multi-party political system; however, election results demonstrate that it is, in practical terms, bipartisan. The Peronists, represented by the Justicialist Party (PJ), and the radicals, represented by the Civic Radical Union (UCR), effectively alternate in power. Argentinian political decision-making is opaque, complex and volatile. Parties play for power in changing coalitions, splits and mergers, which lead to a constantly changing political landscape of alliances.
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- allocation of seats
- America
- Argentina
- bicameral system
- economic geography
- electoral procedure and voting
- European construction
- EUROPEAN UNION
- GEOGRAPHY
- head of State
- multiparty system
- national election
- parliament
- political framework
- political geography
- political parties
- political party
- POLITICS
- presidential election
- trade agreement (EU)