Basic Income Alliance
German political party
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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%.
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 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 |  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 |
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
- ^ Siedenberg, Sven (25 May 2017). "Susanne Wiest: Die Parteivorsitzende". Die Zeit. Hamburg.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Bundestag election 2017, Result table, Final result". Federal Returning Officer. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ "European Parliament election 2019, Result table, Provisional result". Federal Returning Officer. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ "Bürgerschaftswahl Land Bremen, Result table, Provisional result" (in German). State Returning Officer. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
External links
- Official website (German)
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(735 seats)
(96 seats for Germany)
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above the district level)
- Alliance C
- Animal Protection Alliance
- Animal Protection Party
- APPD
- Basic Income Alliance
- Bavaria Party
- Bergpartei, die ÜberPartei
- BüSo
- Centre Party
- DAVA
- Democracy in Motion
- dieBasis
- Feminist Party
- Free Saxony
- German Communist Party
- DSU
- Wir Bürger
- Marxist–Leninist Party
- NPD
- Verjüngungsforschung
- The Humanists
- Party of Reason
- The Third Path
- The Republicans
- The Urbans
- Socialist Equality Party
- Statt Party
- V-Partei3
Notes:
- CDU: does not participate in the state election in Bavaria; instead, an associated party CSU is participating here.
- Greens: are currently not in the state parliament of the Saarland
- FDP: is currently not in state parliaments of Brandenburg, Lower Saxony, Saarland and Saxony.
- AfD: is currently not in the state parliament of Schleswig-Holstein.
- The Left: is currently not in the state parliaments of Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland and Schleswig-Holstein.
- Free Voters: are currently only in the state parliaments of Bavaria and Rhineland-Palatinate.
