Week of August 21

BRAZIL POLITICS - Report 21 Aug 2017 by Murillo de Aragão and Cristiano Noronha

The government must send Congress the announced fiscal adjustment proposals. The government must also present party leaders with the new text for the Refis provisional measure (MP 783/17). In the Lower House, the priority is the vote on Political Reform. Rep. Luiz Carlos Hauly (PSDB-PR) will present a proposal for tax reform. On Wednesday, the Council for the Investment Partnerships Program discusses the inclusion of three additional airports for concession.

This week’s Talking Points:
• Audacious legislative agenda requires swift coalition reshuffling
• Perspectives for the fiscal austerity measures
• Approval of the new target will not be easy
• Parties reposition themselves in the electoral market
• The PSDB dilemma
• The government and the 2018 succession

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