The Basic Income Alliance (german: Bündnis Grundeinkommen, abbreviated BGE) is a German
single-issue political party that advocates for an
unconditional basic income
Universal basic income (UBI) is a social welfare proposal in which all citizens of a given population regularly receive an unconditional transfer payment, that is, without a means test or need to work. It would be received independently of an ...
.
It was founded in September 2016 in
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...
.
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
Automation describes a wide range of technologies that reduce human intervention in processes, namely by predetermining decision criteria, subprocess relationships, and related actions, as well as embodying those predeterminations in machines ...
of production processes, the
resulting unemployment and low-paid gainful employment (
working poverty) lead to a division in society that must be overcome in order to maintain social peace.
Election results
Other "basic income parties"
There are a number of other political parties in other countries that are formed solely around a
universal basic income
Universal basic income (UBI) is a social welfare proposal in which all citizens of a given population regularly receive an unconditional transfer payment, that is, without a means test or need to work. It would be received independently of a ...
proposal. These include:
* Basinkomstpartiet, Sweden
* The
Basic Income Party, Korea (Korean: 기본소득당; Hanja: 基本所得黨)
*
The Base (Dutch: De Basis)
Other political parties also include universal basic income among their policies but do not exclusively focus on it.
See also
*
Universal basic income in Germany
Universal basic income in Germany (''German: Grundeinkommen'') has been discussed since the 1970s, with emphasis placed on its unconditional dimension by 2003. The universal basic income concept has many definitions, such as Philippe Van Pari ...
References
External links
* (German)
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Single-issue political parties
Political parties in Germany
Political parties established in 2016
2016 establishments in Germany
Universal basic income in Germany
Political parties supporting universal basic income