Mexico Chooses Political Continuity in New Government

Claudia Sheinbaum’s decisive victory in the June presidential elections will allow her government to continue outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s drive to change Mexico’s development model, including an increased role for the state in the economy. The majority obtained in the parliament...

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Published in:Policy File 2024
Main Author: Znojek, Bartłomiej
Format: Report
Language:English
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Elections
Government
Politics
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Summary:Claudia Sheinbaum’s decisive victory in the June presidential elections will allow her government to continue outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s drive to change Mexico’s development model, including an increased role for the state in the economy. The majority obtained in the parliamentary elections by the government coalition, led by Morena (Sheinbaum and López Obrador’s party) will help with those plans. In foreign policy, close cooperation with the U.S. will remain the priority. New opportunities in EU-Mexico relations, including breaking the deadlock in the ratification of their new trade agreement, may emerge.