In 2015，the centre-right candidate Mauricio Macri won the presidential election，putting an end to Argentina’s left-wing ruling period of 12 consecutive years. Macri’s claims are quite different from the previous government，indicating that the new government will carry out major reforms in the economic，diplomatic and other aspects. The overall economic situation remained distressed，and old problems unsolved. The slow economic growth mainly depended on consumer and credit expansion fueled by financial incentives. The social situation has been stuck in a vicious cycle in which the government continued expansionary welfare policies while trade unions kept going on strikes. In foreign relations，the main concerns are the reinforcement of relations with Russia and China，as well as the free trade negotiation between Mercosur and the EU.