Basic Income Alliance
Bündnis Grundeinkommen
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Abbreviation | BGE |
Leader | Martin Sonnabend |
Founded | 25 September 2016 (2016-09-25) |
Headquarters | Driesener Straße 10 10439 Berlin, Germany |
Ideology | Universal basic income |
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www.buendnis-grundeinkommen.de | |
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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%.
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 | Chamber | Votes | Vote % | Seats |
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2017 Saarland state election | State Landtag | 286 | 0.1% | 0 |
2017 North Rhine-Westphalia state election | State Landtag | 5,260 | 0.1% | 0 |
2017 German federal election | Bundestag | 97,539[3] | 0.2% | 0 |
2017 Lower Saxony state election | State Landtag | 5,125 | 0.1% | 0 |
2019 European Parliament election | European Parliament | 40,834[4] | 0.1% | 0 |
2019 Bremen state election | Bürgerschaft of Bremen | 5,939[5] | 0.4% | 0 |
2019 Thuringia state election | Landtag of Thuringia | 2,700 | 0.2% | 0 |
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.
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Represented in the Bundestag (733 seats) |
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Represented in the European Parliament (96 seats for Germany) |
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Represented in the 16 state parliaments |
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Minor parties (without representation above the district level) |
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