Javier Milei on the 12 Axes: Political Views

The 12 axes, axis by axis

01Ownership+80

PublicPrivate

02Markets+85

PlannedFree

03Welfare+60

SharedSelf-reliant

Between 2023 and 2025 primary spending dropped 27 percent in real terms; child support and food aid, by contrast, grew 43 percent in real terms during the same period. He is scored toward self-reliance but stops short of the extreme.

04Authority+30

DemocraticStrong leader

Victories in the 2023 election and the 2025 midterms back him, and he governs with Congress. Still, vetoes and a sweeping emergency decree (DNU 70/2023) have been among his tools, and in his view the state lies behind every problem. The score is moderately toward strong leadership.

05Security+50

LibertyOrder

In 2025 he set up a National Migration Agency under the Security Ministry, given police powers; this is scored toward order.

06StructureNo clear record

LocalCentral

07Morality+45

ProgressiveTraditional

Opposition to abortion sits alongside his libertarian view of the state's role, giving a moderately traditional score.

08ReligionNo clear record

SecularReligious

09TechnologyNo clear record

EmbraceCaution

10Culture+35

MulticulturalNational identity

Rules on citizenship and residence for immigrants were made tighter in 2025, and he is scored moderately toward national identity.

11Trade-50

GlobalProtected

His reform programme includes lower taxes and fewer barriers to trade and investment, which gives a score toward global trade.

12Foreign policy+40

CooperationStrength

He has tied his government closely to the United States and Israel, and he trailed the US out of the World Health Organization. This puts him toward strength and sovereignty, not multilateral institutions.

3 axes have no clear record: no documented statement, vote or platform places Javier Milei there, so matching leaves them out.

Who is Javier Milei?

Before going into politics, Javier Milei, a Buenos Aires native born in 1970, made a living as an economist and commentator. Voters in the City of Buenos Aires sent him to the national chamber as a deputy in 2021. The presidency came to him through a November 2023 runoff, and his term started on 10 December 2023. A chainsaw was his campaign symbol for cutting back the state, and he calls himself a libertarian. His party lost the provincial election in Buenos Aires in September 2025, but in the national midterms a month later it took more than 40 percent of the vote, which gave it the seats needed to uphold presidential vetoes. In October 2026 he is still in office.

Previously: Leader of La Libertad Avanza · National deputy for the City of Buenos Aires (2021-2023) · Economist and university lecturer

Documented positions

On the 2023 campaign trail he promised to close the central bank and swap the peso for the US dollar.Source: aljazeera.com
He opposes abortion.Source: aljazeera.com
His zero-deficit policy delivered surpluses in both 2024 and 2025, and in real terms primary spending is 27 percent under what it was in 2023.Source: batimes.com.ar
From December 2023 to April 2025, roughly 48,000 public sector jobs disappeared under a deregulation ministry headed by Federico Sturzenegger.Source: batimes.com.ar
Once the 2025 midterms were over, he laid out intentions to liberalise labour law, reform pensions and cut up to 20 taxes.Source: batimes.com.ar
Expanded police powers went to a new National Migration Agency, which he created in November 2025.Source: english.elpais.com
Moving the Argentine embassy in Israel to Jerusalem was a plan he announced in 2024.Source: aljazeera.com
His government pulled Argentina out of the World Health Organization, citing its pandemic advice, with the exit taking effect in March 2026.Source: aljazeera.com

Record

From a peak of about 300 percent in 2024, annual inflation under Milei fell to roughly 32 percent for 2025. The government posted a fiscal surplus in each of two successive years. Official poverty figures declined in 2025, having climbed during his first months. Supporters point to these outcomes and to the 2025 midterm victory; the Senate also gave final approval in February 2026 to labour law changes that he backed.

Critics include trade unions, which staged several general strikes. Their list includes job losses in the public sector, reduced buying power for many households and protests against the cuts. A further issue is the $LIBRA cryptocurrency, which he promoted in February 2025 and which collapsed within hours; a federal investigation was opened. A congressional commission led by opposition deputies said in November 2025 that the facts were compatible with fraud and assigned him political responsibility. He denies wrongdoing, while his office said he had no part in developing the coin.

Javier Milei: questions

Is Javier Milei left or right?

He is on the right, describing himself as a libertarian. Cutting public spending and the state sharply is central to his agenda, as are deregulation, balanced budgets, lower taxes and liberalised labour law. He is against abortion and wants close ties with Israel and the United States.

Which party does Javier Milei lead?

La Libertad Avanza, a libertarian party he founded, is the one he leads. More than 40 percent of voters backed it in the October 2025 midterms.

What are Javier Milei's economic plans?

He aims for a zero deficit, and primary spending is already 27 percent lower in real terms than in 2023. Plans announced after the 2025 midterms would cut up to 20 taxes, reform pensions and liberalise labour law.

Sources

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Portrait: Javier Milei en el Salón Blanco 2 (cropped).jpg by Cancillería Argentina, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and converted to grayscale by 12axes-test.com.

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