Basic Income Alliance Explained

Basic Income Alliance
Native Name:Bündnis Grundeinkommen
Abbreviation:BGE
Leader:Martin Sonnabend
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Headquarters:Driesener Straße 10
10439 Berlin, Germany
Ideology:Universal basic income
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Website:www.buendnis-grundeinkommen.de
Country:Germany

The Basic Income Alliance (German: Bündnis Grundeinkommen, abbreviated BGE) is a German single-issue political party that advocates for an unconditional basic income.[1] It was founded in September 2016 in Munich.[2] The Basic Income Alliance gained 97,539 votes at the German federal election 2017 and reached 0.2%.

Overview

The Basic Income Alliance sees an unconditional basic income as a central possibility to counteract what it sees as a widening income gap. Technical progress, the automation of production processes, the resulting unemployment and low-paid gainful employment lead to a division in society that must be overcome in order to maintain social peace.

Election results

ElectionChamberVotesVote %Seats
2017 Saarland state electionState Landtag286 0.1%0
2017 North Rhine-Westphalia state electionState Landtag5,260 0.1%0
2017 German federal electionBundestag97,539[3] 0.2%0
2017 Lower Saxony state electionState Landtag5,125 0.1%0
2019 European Parliament electionEuropean Parliament40,834[4] 0.1%0
2019 Bremen state electionBürgerschaft of Bremen5,939[5] 0.4%0
2019 Thuringia state electionLandtag of Thuringia2,700 0.2%0

Other "basic income parties"

There are a number of other political parties in other countries that are formed solely around a universal basic income proposal. These include:

Other political parties also include universal basic income among their policies but do not exclusively focus on it.

See also

References

  1. News: Siedenberg . Sven . Susanne Wiest: Die Parteivorsitzende . Die Zeit . Hamburg . 25 May 2017 .
  2. News: Bündnis Grundeinkommen warnt: Wir befinden uns in einer parlamentarischen Krise . Heinrich . Ronald . 8 October 2016 . 29 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190118102647/https://www.huffingtonpost.de/ronald-heinrich/bedingungsloses-grundeinkommen-grundgehalt-grundversorgung_b_12388346.html . 18 January 2019 . dead .
  3. Web site: Bundestag election 2017, Result table, Final result . . 27 May 2019.
  4. Web site: European Parliament election 2019, Result table, Provisional result . . 27 May 2019.
  5. Web site: Bürgerschaftswahl Land Bremen, Result table, Provisional result . State Returning Officer . 1 June 2019 . German.

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