A woman holds a Mexican flag demonstrating against U.S President Donald Trump in Mexico City on February 12, 2017. NurPhoto SIPA USA/PA Images. All rights reserved.
Presidential elections will be held in Mexico in 2018, in a scenario of great complexity, uncertainty and instability. Donald Trump's unforeseen victory has triggered all the alarms. His blatant aggressiveness against Mexico, in relation to both NAFTA and migration, is endangering a bilateral, asymmetrical interdependence relationship between the two economies: its disruption could result in a potentially unbearable increase in tension, both internally and in bilateral relations.
DemocraciaAbierta, together with Mexican partners Gema Santamaría and Alejandro Vélez, is launching the series Mexico at the crossroads to reflect, on our way to the 2018 elections, on the different aspects characterizing the current sexenio (the 6-year presidential term). The fact that President Peña Nieto's approval ratings have fallen to 12% following the recent oil-hike crisis, and the unending citizens’ mobilizations and protests, shows how open the political evolution of the country is.
