Federal Consensus

{{short description|Argentine political coalition}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2020}}

{{Infobox political party

| colorcode = {{party color|Federal Consensus}}

| name = Federal Consensus

| native_name = Consenso Federal

| abbreviation = CF

| logo = Consenso_Federal.png

| logo_size = 200px

| leader1_title = Leader

| leader1_name = Roberto Lavagna

| leader2_title = Party Leaders

| leader2_name =

| leader3_title = Congress Leaders

| leader3_name = Eduardo Bucca{{cite web|url=https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/202009/511593-eduardo-bali-bucca.html|work=Télam|title=Para el jefe del interbloque Federal, "hay que lograr un acuerdo rápido para sesionar"|date=8 September 2020|access-date=23 November 2020|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031201720/https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/202009/511593-eduardo-bali-bucca.html|archive-date=31 October 2023}}

| leader4_title = Founders

| leader4_name = Roberto Lavagna
Juan Manuel Urtubey

| foundation = {{Start date and age|2019|6|12|df=y}}{{cite news|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/roberto-lavagna-encabezara-formula-presidencial-juan-manuel-nid2257263|work=La Nación|title=Roberto Lavagna encabezará la fórmula presidencial con Juan Manuel Urtubey como candidato a vice|last=Obarrio|first=Mariano|date=12 June 2019|access-date=23 November 2020|language=es}}

| dissolved = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2023|06|02}}

| split = Renewal Front

| predecessor =

| successor = Hacemos por Nuestro País

| ideology = Third Way{{cite news|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/el-rearmado-tercera-via-roberto-lavagna-articula-nid2510665/|work=La Nación|title=El rearmado de la "tercera vía": Roberto Lavagna y los socialistas quieren sostener a Consenso Federal en 2021|date=15 November 2020|last1=Moreno|first1=Matías}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.perfil.com/noticias/columnistas/que-piensa-lavagna-que-paso-con-la-tercera-via.phtml|title=Qué piensa Lavagna. Qué pasó con la tercera vía|date=June 23, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavoz.com.ar/politica/tercera-via-peronista-un-nuevo-intento-de-romper-la-polarizacion/|title=Tercera vía peronista: Un nuevo intento de romper la polarización | Política|date=May 10, 2021 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.ambito.com/politica/trabajo/lavagna-critico-el-aporte-solidario-la-inversion-no-se-alienta-latigo-n5149816|work=Ámbito Financiero|title=Lavagna criticó el Aporte Solidario: "La inversión no se alienta con látigo"|date=20 November 2020|access-date=23 November 2020|language=es}}
{{nowrap|Federal Peronism{{cite web | url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/sin-lavagna-el-peronismo-federal-se-reune-para-avanzar-en-definiciones-nid2252210/ | title=Sin Lavagna, el peronismo federal se reúne para avanzar en definiciones | date=May 28, 2019 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/el-peronismo-federal-busca-contener-a-lavagna-y-massa-nid2250346/?outputType=amp | title=El peronismo federal busca contener a Lavagna y Massa | date=May 22, 2019 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/el-peronismo-federal-rechaza-la-idea-de-aliarse-con-el-kirchnerismo-nid2183960/?outputType=amp | title=El peronismo federal rechaza la idea de aliarse con el kirchnerismo | date=October 22, 2018 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/el-peronismo-no-kirchnerista-busca-abrirse-camino-entre-incognitas-y-divisiones-nid06062021/?outputType=amp | title=El peronismo no kirchnerista busca abrirse camino, entre incógnitas y divisiones | date=June 6, 2021 }}}}
Progressivism{{Cite web|url=https://www.clarin.com/politica/cumbre-progresista-afianzar-espacio-roberto-lavagna-invitado_0_aUkx_My0r.html|title = Cumbre progresista para afianzar ese espacio con Roberto Lavagna como invitado|date = February 22, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ambito.com/politica/elecciones-2019/progresistas-avanzan-un-armado-cara-octubre-quieren-lavagna-como-mascaron-proa-n5028362|title=Progresistas avanzan en un armado de cara a octubre (Quieren a Lavagna como mascarón de proa)}}{{cite web|url=https://nuso.org/articulo/argentina-cristina-macri-fernandez-lavagna-primarias-elecciones/|work=Nueva Sociedad|title=Incógnitas sobre el voto argentino|last=Cruz|first=Facundo|date=June 2019|access-date=23 November 2020|language=es}}

| position = {{nowrap|Centre{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/es/2019/04/10/espanol/opinion/roberto-lavagna-y-el-fin-de-la-polarizacion-en-argentina.html|title = Roberto Lavagna y el fin de la polarización en Argentina|newspaper = The New York Times|date = April 10, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/202010/522465-el-lavagnismo-afirmo-que-la-postura-del-gobierno-en-torno-a-venezuela-es-equilibrada-y-acertada.html|work=Télam|title=El lavagnismo afirmó que la postura del Gobierno en torno a Venezuela es "equilibrada y acertada"|date=7 October 2020|access-date=23 November 2020|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124112845/https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/202010/522465-el-lavagnismo-afirmo-que-la-postura-del-gobierno-en-torno-a-venezuela-es-equilibrada-y-acertada.html|archive-date=24 November 2020}} to centre-right{{Cite news |last=Vilar |first=José Rafael |title=Argentina: ¿pasito pa'delante o pa'atrás? |work=La Razón |url=https://www.la-razon.com/voces/2019/08/12/argentina-pasito-padelante-o-paatras/ |archive-date=}}{{Cite web |last=Viudes |first=Hernán |date=2019-06-13 |title=Víctor Santa María: "Hay dos expresiones de centroderecha, y otra del Peronismo con la centroizquierda" |url=https://agendasur.com.ar/2019/06/13/victor-santa-maria-hay-dos-expresiones-de-centroderecha-y-otra-del-peronismo-con-la-centroizquierda/ |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=Agenda Sur |language=es}}{{Cite web |date=2019-10-13 |title=La economía cobra protagonismo en primer debate presidencial de Argentina |url=https://www.elpais.cr/2019/10/13/la-economia-cobra-protagonismo-en-primer-debate-presidencial-de-argentina/ |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=Diario Digital Nuestro País |language=es}}{{Cite web |last=Sottili |first=Pubblicato da Fabio |date=2023-10-21 |title=IL GIRAMONDO – Domani elezioni in Argentina |url=https://sondaggibidimedia.com/il-giramondo-elezioni-in-argentina-2/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=Sondaggi Bidimedia - Il Blog |language=it-IT}}}}

| website = {{URL|https://www.lavagna.com.ar/consenso-federal/}}

| country = Argentina

}}

Federal Consensus ({{langx|es|Consenso Federal}}, CF) was an electoral coalition in Argentina formed to support the alliance between Roberto Lavagna and Juan Manuel Urtubey in 2019 general election. It is formed by dissidents of the Justicialist Party,{{cite web|url=https://www.lavoz.com.ar/politica/guzman-ayudara-a-provincias-a-reestructurarse|work=La Voz|title=Guzmán ayudará a las provincias a reestructurarse|last=Álvarez|first=Javier|date=13 October 2020|access-date=23 November 2020|language=es}} the Socialist Party, the Freemen of the South Movement, the Federal Party, the Christian Democratic Party, the Third Position Party and the Light Blue and White Union.{{cite web|url=https://www.argentina.gob.ar/sites/default/files/alianzas_y_partidos_politicos_elecciones_generales_27_de_octubre_de_2019_.pdf|title=ALIANZAS Y PARTIDOS POLÍTICOS - ELECCIONES GENERALES 27 DE OCTUBRE DE 2019|work=Cámara Nacional Electoral|access-date=23 November 2020|language=es}}

The only quartermaster won by the alliance in the 2019 elections was the Chivilcoy party, in the province of Buenos Aires. Guillermo Britos was reelected mayor with 48.05%.{{Cite web|date=2019-10-28|title=Consenso Federal ganó la intendencia de Chivilcoy y retuvo su único municipio bonaerense|url=https://www.perfil.com/noticias/politica/lavagnismo-gano-intendencia-chivilcoy-y-logro-retener-unico-municipio-en-territorio-bonaerense.phtml|access-date=2021-10-09|website=Perfil|language=es}} In the 2019 presidential election, Federal Consensus placed third behind the Frente de Todos and Juntos por el Cambio.{{cite web|url=https://www.clarin.com/politica/impulso-salta-santa-fe-lavagna-salio-tercero_0_qrXLgMSp3.html|work=Clarín|title=Con el impulso de Salta y Santa Fe Lavagna salió tercero|last=Bullorini|first=Jazmín|date=12 August 2019|access-date=23 November 2020|language=es}} Since then, the alliance has formed a parliamentary group called Interbloque Federal, which has 11 deputies in the Congress.{{cite news|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/los-diputados-consenso-federal-encabezados-roberto-lavagna-nid2424589|work=La Nación|title=Los diputados de Consenso Federal, de Roberto Lavagna, confirmaron que no votarán la reforma judicial|date=18 August 2020|access-date=23 November 2020|language=es|last=Serra|first=Laura}} In 2021, ahead of that year's legislative election, the GEN Party announced it would be leaving Federal Consensus and instead backed the main opposition Juntos por el Cambio.{{Cite web|url=https://www.clarin.com/politica/margarita-stolbizer-apoya-candidatura-facundo-manes-confia-paso-juntos-cambio_0_VTb-qGxpt.amp.html|title=Margarita Stolbizer apoya la candidatura de Facundo Manes y confía en una PASO en Juntos por el Cambio|date=3 July 2021|access-date=10 July 2021|work=Clarín|language=es}}

History

On June 12, 2019, it was announced that Roberto Lavagna (Consenso 19) and Juan Manuel Urtubey (Alternativa Federal), agreed to integrate a formula in which they would respectively be candidates for president and vice president, representing Consenso Federal.{{cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/politica/2019/06/12/roberto-lavagna-y-juan-manuel-urtubey-competiran-juntos-en-una-formula-presidencial/|title=Roberto Lavagna and Juan Manuel Urtubey will compete together in a presidential formula}}

Vice presidential candidate Juan Manuel Urtubey is a lawyer and has served as university professor, deputy and governor of the province of Salta during different periods, between 2007 and 2019. For his part, Roberto Lavagna is an economist, diplomat, politician and professor, who served as head of the Ministry of Economy and Production of Argentina during the presidency of Eduardo Duhalde and then of Néstor Kirchner, during the period between 2002 and 2005. In 2007, he ran for Presidency of Argentina, under the An Advanced Nation coalition with the backing of the Radical Civic Union where he obtained the third place with 16.89% of the votes. He ran again as a candidate for president in the Elections of 2019, where he obtained 6.14% of the votes.

Graduating in Political Economy from the University of Buenos Aires, in 1967, he was part of the Ministry of Economy during the last presidency of Juan Domingo Perón; he was Negotiator of the Argentina-Brazil Integration during the presidency of Raúl Alfonsín; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to international economic organizations between 2000 and 2002; and Minister of Economy and Production during the presidency of Eduardo Duhalde, ratified in the post by President Néstor Kirchner in 2003, where he remained until 2005, being the official who remained the longest in that position since 1996. As Minister, he was the architect of Argentina's overcoming the 2001 economic crisis, promoted the lifting of the corralito in 2002 and managed the Argentine debt swap at the beginning of 2005. Part of his work experience has been gathered as author of different books related to integration, economy and the future of Argentina.

Florencio Randazzo and Roberto Lavagna once again bet on an option outside the "crack" for the legislative elections. Teams of former ministers work together for legislative elections. But also with 2023 on the horizon, with the goal of building a competitive national force.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cronista.com/economia-politica/elecciones-2021-randazzo-y-lavagna-trabajan-juntos-en-candidaturas-para-buenos-aires-y-otras-provincias/|title=Randazzo y Lavagna ya trabajan juntos para las elecciones: A qué distrito apuntan}}

Ideology

Lavagna is an economist with moderate ideas and is in tune with the fatigue generated by polarization in a growing sector of society. He is a Peronist but he dresses, speaks and looks like a member of the Radical Civic Union. His nomination has the support of anti-Kirchner Peronism, sectors of radicalism dissatisfied with the government, and progressive forces such as the Socialist Party.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/es/2019/04/10/espanol/opinion/roberto-lavagna-y-el-fin-de-la-polarizacion-en-argentina.html|title=Roberto Lavagna y el fin de la polarización en Argentina|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 10, 2019}}

Electoral campaign

On October 24, 2019, Consenso Federal presented its ballot for the polling stations in the presidential elections of Argentina 2019, with the former Minister of Economy Roberto Lavagna as candidate for president and the governor of Salta Juan Manuel Urtubey for vice president.

During the campaign, Roberto Lavagna presented an important battery of proposals, among which they highlighted the fight against hunger and "putting money in the pockets of Argentines."

For the fight against hunger, Lavagna marked as a priority the need to declare the National Food Emergency Plan and guarantee that every Argentine would have access to immediate consumption. Furthermore, in order to make the result sustainable, Lavagna proposed "To increase the resources destined to school canteens affected to the Food Emergency Program" and "To include Secondary Schools in need of school food services, also with national funds".

The closing of the electoral campaign took place in Salta, where Urtubey, the candidate for vice-president, was governor. There, Roberto Lavagna—an experienced politician and convinced that in the exercise of the government there cannot be financial conservatism and that the state intervention must be adequate—emphasized that Consenso Federal "was the only formula that faced the campaign with projects".

Members

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
colspan=2|Party

!Leader

!Ideology

!Position

bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Party (Argentina)}} |

| Christian Democratic Party

| Juan Fernando Brügge

| Christian democracy, Social conservatism

| Centre to Centre-right

bgcolor=#DC143C;"|

| Federal Party

| Miguel Saredi

| Federalism

| Centre{{Cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/politica/2019/06/12/roberto-lavagna-y-juan-manuel-urtubey-competiran-juntos-en-una-formula-presidencial/|title = Roberto Lavagna y Juan Manuel Urtubey competirán juntos en una fórmula presidencial}}

bgcolor="#026ab3" |

| Freemen of the South Movement

| Humberto Tumini

| Progressivism

| Centre-left

bgcolor="#FF9900" |

| Socialist Party

| Mónica Fein

| Social Democracy, Democratic socialism

| Centre-left

bgcolor="#810182" |

| Third Position Party

| Graciela Camaño

| Peronism, Third Way

| Centre

bgcolor="#DD2C1A" |

| Authentic Socialist Party{{cite web|url=https://www.noticiasurbanas.com.ar/noticias/consenso-federal-el-frente-de-lavagna-y-urtubey-en-la-ciudad/|work=Noticias Urbanas|title=Consenso Federal, el frente de Lavagna y Urtubey en la Ciudad|date=13 June 2019|access-date=6 December 2020|language=es}}

| Mario Mazzitelli

| Social Democracy, Democratic socialism

| Left-wing

bgcolor="#00a5de" |

| Renewal Crusade{{cite web |date=7 July 2019 |title=Lavagna y Urtubey visitarán San Juan, con las economías regionales como eje de campaña |url=https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201907/374136-lavagna-y-urtubey-visitaran-manana-san-juan-con-las-economias-regionales-como-eje-de-campana.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031201720/https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201907/374136-lavagna-y-urtubey-visitaran-manana-san-juan-con-las-economias-regionales-como-eje-de-campana.html |archive-date=31 October 2023 |access-date=6 December 2020 |work=Télam |language=es}}

| Nancy Avelín

| Federalism

| Centre

=Former members=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
colspan=2|Party

!Leader

!Ideology

!Position

bgcolor="#C0C0C0" |

| Generation for a National Encounter

| Margarita Stolbizer

| Social democracy

| Centre to Centre-left

bgcolor="#1FAA89" |

| Protector Political Force

| José Luis Ramón

| Social democracy

| Centre-left

bgcolor="{{party color|Light Blue and White Union}}" |

| Light Blue and White Union

| Carlos Fabian Luayza

| Federal Peronism, Conservatism

| Centre-right

Legislative composition

= Chamber of Deputies =

class="wikitable sortable" width="80%"

! colspan="7" |Interbloque Federal (11){{Cite web|url=https://www.hcdn.gob.ar/diputados/listadip.html|title=Diputados Argentina. Interbloques|website=hcdn.gob.ar}}

colspan="2" rowspan="2" width="24%" |Block

! rowspan="2" width="12%" |Portrait

! rowspan="2" width="28%" |Deputy

! rowspan="2" width="20%"|Province

! colspan="2" |Mandate

width=8%|Start

! width=8%|End

rowspan="4" bgcolor="#2DA7F0"|

| rowspan="4" |Federal Córdoba (4)It integrates interbloc, but was not part of the 2019 coalition.

|File:Paulo Leonardo Cassinerio.png

|Paulo Leonardo Cassinerio

|Córdoba

|2017

|2021

File:Alejandra María Vigo.png

|Alejandra María Vigo

|Córdoba

|2017

|2021

File:Carlos Mario Gutiérrez.png

|Carlos Gutierrez

|Córdoba

|2019

|2023

File:Claudia Gabriela Márquez.png

|Claudia Marquez

|Córdoba

|2017

|2021

rowspan="3" bgcolor="#16469A" width="1%" |

| rowspan="3" |Federal Consensus (3)

|File:Gcamano.jpg

|{{Sortname|Graciela|Camaño|Graciela Camaño}}

|Buenos Aires

|2019

|2023

File:Alejandro Esteban Rodriguez.jpg

|Alejandro Esteban "Topo" Rodríguez

|Buenos Aires

|2019

|2023

File:Jorge Emilio Sarghini.png

|Jorge Emilio Sarghini

|Buenos Aires

|2017

|2021

rowspan="2" bgcolor="#19BC9D" |

| rowspan="2" |Justicialist (2)

|File:Eduardo Bucca.png

|{{Sortname|Eduardo "Bali"|Bucca|Eduardo Bucca}}

|Buenos Aires

|2017

|2021

File:Andrés Zottos.png

|Andrés Zottos

|Salta

|2017

|2021

rowspan="1" bgcolor="#FF8C00" |

| rowspan="1" |Progressive, Civic and Social Front (1)

|File:Luis Gustavo Contigiani.png

|{{Sortname|Luis|Contigiani|nolink=1}}

|Santa Fe

|2017

|2021

rowspan="1" bgcolor="#E32636"|

|Socialist (1)

|File:Enrique Eloy Estevez.jpg

|Enrique Estévez

|Santa Fe

|2019

|2023

Federal Consenus Bloc

After the 2019 presidential elections, Federal Consensus obtained three seats of national deputies in Congress: Graciela Camano, Alejandro "Topo" Rodríguez and Enrique Estévez.{{Cite web|title=Lavagna metió 3 diputados: "Quedamos debajo de nuestras expectativas"|url=https://www.ambito.com/politica/elecciones-2019/lavagna-metio-3-diputados-quedamos-debajo-nuestras-expectativas-n5062193|access-date=2021-11-07|website=www.ambito.com}} The first two for the Province of Buenos Aires, and the third for Santa Fe, as a candidate of the Socialist Party. In December 2019, Jorge Sarghini assumed a seat as a deputy and joined the Federal Consensus Bloc.{{Cite web|title=Sarghini se sumó al bloque Consenso Federal – Parlamentario|url=https://www.parlamentario.com/2019/12/19/sarghini-se-sumo-al-bloque-consenso-federal/|access-date=2021-11-07|language=es-AR}}

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

# votes

! % vote

! # votes

! % vote

2019

| Roberto Lavagna

| 1,649,315

| 6.14

| colspan=2 {{N/A}}

| {{N}} Lost

=Chamber of Deputies=

class="wikitable"

! Election year

! Votes

! %

! seats won

! total seats

! position

! presidency

2019

| 1,500,442

| 5.85 (#3rd)

| 3

| {{Composition bar|11|257|hex=#283084}}

| Minority

| Alberto Fernández (PJFDT)

References

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