Bachelet II — Nueva Mayoría reformist wave (Chile 2014-2018)

Doctrine — stated goals and content

Centre-left Nueva Mayoría coalition (Socialists, Christian Democrats, Communists, PPD, Radicals) elected on a "structural reform" platform framed around three "transformative" pillars: tax reform to finance social spending, education reform ending for-profit and co-pay schooling and introducing gratuidad (tuition-free tertiary), and a new constitution to replace the 1980 Pinochet-era charter. Self-described as the end of the Concertación gradualist model and a social-democratic turn to correct the inequality legacy of the Chicago Boys' market architecture. Key enacted policies: Reforma Tributaria (Ley 20.780, September 2014) raising corporate tax from 20% to 27% and introducing the semi-integrated / attributed-income regimes; education reform (Ley de Inclusión Escolar 20.845, 2015; Ley de Gratuidad 21.091, enacted 2018) phasing in free tertiary tuition for lower-income deciles; labour reform (Ley 20.940, 2016) strengthening unions and collective bargaining; pension reform adding a second solidarity pillar (Pilar Solidario expansion 2016) and raising employer contributions; abortion decriminalisation on three grounds (Ley 21.030, September 2017). The constitutional process (bases ciudadanas 2016; presidential draft April 2018) was handed to the incoming Piñera II government unpassed. Nueva Mayoría held 67/120 Cámara seats (2014-2018, 55.8%) and 21/38 Senado seats; Bachelet's approval fell from ~54% at inauguration to the 20s in 2016 amid the Caval influence-peddling scandal and recovered modestly to the mid-30s by end of term. Coherence: ambitious redistributive reform package partially enacted, with tax-reform revenue yield below target, education reform implementation disputes, and constitutional replacement punted to a later cycle.