Universal basic income in Germany

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"Basic Income NOW!" campaign, October 2020
The basic income demonstration in Berlin, 6 November 2010
Music performance during a panel debate about basic income on 26 March 2015. In the panel: Olaf Zimmermann, Adrienne Goehler, Ilja Braun, Michael Bohmeyer. Moderator: Matthias Spielkamp.

Universal basic income in Germany (German: Grundeinkommen) has been discussed since the 1970s, with emphasis placed on its unconditional dimension by 2003.[1] The universal basic income concept has many definitions, such as Philippe Van Parijs', which described it as the income paid by the government, at a uniform level and regular intervals to each adult citizen and permanent residents of the country.[2] The Basic Income Earth Network's criteria constitute one of the most popular proposals and they include: 1) income must be paid to individuals instead of households; 2) income should be paid irrespective of income from other sources; and, 3) it must be paid without requiring performance of any work.[1]

History

The debate about

basic income in West Germany began gathering steam in the 1980s, when groups of unemployed people became interested and took a stance for the reform.[3] When Basic Income European Network was founded (today Basic Income Earth Network) in 1986, there was a German sociologist among the founders, Claus Offe
, who since then has been active in the academic debate.

In 2004 the

Nordrhein-Westfalen. Bündnis Grundeinkommen was admitted for the German federal election 2017.[7][8]

Presently, there is a two-tier unemployment compensation system in Germany, which consists of a form of UBI and basic income ALG II with strict behavioral requirements for the unemployed.[9] For instance, active cooperation is a major condition for access. While the system does not satisfy the criteria of Basic Income Earth Network and other reform proponents, the generosity of basic income transfers in the country is considered high by international standards, especially for claimants who have children.[9]

In July 2022, representative polling of over 1,000 adults in Germany conducted by YouGov was published that suggested that 55% of adults in Germany would support a universal basic income in the country.[10]

In August 2023, Mein Grundeinkommen calculated that a tax-financed universal basic income of €1,200 per month could be financed for every adult in Germany that would make 80% of adults better off.[11]

Proponents

Further information:
List of advocates of basic income § Europe

Well-known parties calling for the introduction of a basic income across Germany are the Pirate Party Germany,[12][13] Die PARTEI,[14] and the Basic Income Alliance.[15] Some of the most well-known (individual) proponents of basic income in recent decades include the following:

See also

References

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  3. ^ Ronald Blaschke The basic income debate in Germany and some basic reflections (läst 13 December 2012)
  4. ^ Van Parijs, Philippe Personal reflections on the 14th congress of the Basic Income Earth Network (retrieved 13 December 2012)
  5. ^ GERMANY: Pirate Party endorses Basic Income in its national campaign Archived 16 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine (retrieved 13 December 2012)
  6. ^ GERMANY: Single-issue political party founded to promote UBI
  7. ^ McFarland, Kate: Basic Income Party on Ballot in State Election In: BIEN international, 29 January 2017.
  8. ^ Federal election committee: Procedure of admission of Bündnis Grundeinkommen to the German federal election. 7 July 2017. In: youtube.com
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  10. ^ van der Merwe, Ben (5 July 2022). "Brits support universal basic income by 20-point margin". New Statesman. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  11. ^ "Ein Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen von 1.200 € ist finanzierbar". finanzierung.mein-grundeinkommen.de (in German). Mein Grundeinkommen. August 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  12. ^ Juli Zeh (18 May 2012). "The Pirate Party fits the political gap". The Guardian. London.
  13. ^ "Pirate Party Emerges as Political Force in Germany - SPIEGEL ONLINE". Spiegel.de. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  14. ^ "PARTEI-Programm zur Bundestagswahl 2021". www.die-partei.de (in German). Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  15. ^ Siedenberg, Sven (25 May 2017). "Susanne Wiest: Die Parteivorsitzende". Die Zeit. Hamburg.
  16. ^ A Basic Income for Rural Areas?

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