Basic Income Alliance
Bündnis Grundeinkommen
AbbreviationBGE
LeaderMartin Sonnabend
Founded25 September 2016 (2016-09-25)
HeadquartersDriesener Straße 10
10439 Berlin, Germany
IdeologyUniversal basic income
Website
www.buendnis-grundeinkommen.de

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 (working poverty) lead to a division in society that must be overcome in order to maintain social peace.

Election results

Election Chamber Votes Vote % Seats
2017 Saarland state election State Landtag 286 Increase 0.1% 0
2017 North Rhine-Westphalia state election State Landtag 5,260 Increase 0.1% 0
2017 German federal election Bundestag 97,539[3] Increase 0.2% 0
2017 Lower Saxony state election State Landtag 5,125 Increase 0.1% 0
2019 European Parliament election European Parliament 40,834[4] Increase 0.1% 0
2019 Bremen state election Bürgerschaft of Bremen 5,939[5] Increase 0.4% 0
2019 Thuringia state election Landtag of Thuringia 2,700 Increase 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:

  • 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

References

  1. ↑ Siedenberg, Sven (25 May 2017). "Susanne Wiest: Die Parteivorsitzende". Die Zeit. Hamburg.
  2. ↑ Heinrich, Ronald (8 October 2016). "Bündnis Grundeinkommen warnt: Wir befinden uns in einer parlamentarischen Krise". Archived from the original on 18 January 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Bundestag election 2017, Result table, Final result". Federal Returning Officer. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "European Parliament election 2019, Result table, Provisional result". Federal Returning Officer. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "Bürgerschaftswahl Land Bremen, Result table, Provisional result" (in German). State Returning Officer. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
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