Basic income in Germany

The basic income demonstration in Berlin, November 6, 2010
Music performance during a panel debate about basic income Mars 26 2015. In the panel: Olaf Zimmermann, Adrienne Goehler, Ilja Braun, Michael Bohmeyer. Moderator: Matthias Spielkamp

Basic income in Germany (German: Grundeinkommen), has been debated since the 1980s. There is a national network as well as many local groups. Some of the most well known proponent for the reform are Götz Werner, Katja Kipping and Susanne Wiest. German political parties who are working for basic income are the Pirate Party Germany,[1][2] Bündnis 90/Die Grünen and Die Violetten.

History

The debate about basic income in West Germany started off 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 Netzwerk Grundeinkommen is founded. The Hartz-reforms introduced by the Cabinet of Gerhard Shröder in 2003-2005 triggers the basic income debate quite a lot, even though the reforms themselves are widely seen as very anti-basic income.[4] A few years later, 2009, Susanne Wiest, a home wife, made a presentation in the German Parliament about the basic income petition she had initiated and which got support from 52.973 people. The next year there was several basic income-demonstrations, the biggest in Berlin. 2011 the Pirate Party discusses basic income on their congress and after a two-hour-long debate it is decided that they shall work for basic income along with minimum wages.[5] In 2012 there was a meeting between Susanne Wiest and Angela Merkel to discuss basic income. The meeting took place under the democracy project "Dialog über Deutschland". In Germany on Sunday, 25 September, founded a new political party, Bündnis Grundeinkommen (“Basic Income League”, called “BGE Partei” for short.[6]

Proponents

  1. ^ A Basic Income for Rural Areas?

External links

References

  1. ↑ Juli Zeh (18 May 2012). "The Pirate Party fits the political gap". The Guardian. London.
  2. ↑ "Pirate Party Emerges as Political Force in Germany - SPIEGEL ONLINE". Spiegel.de. 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
  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 (read December 13, 2012)
  5. ↑ GERMANY: Pirate Party endorses Basic Income in its national campaign Archived April 16, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. (read December 13, 2012)
  6. ↑ GERMANY: Single-issue political party founded to promote UBI
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