Basic Income Alliance


The Basic Income Alliance is a German single-issue political party that advocates for an unconditional basic income. It was founded in September 2016 in Munich. The Basic Income Alliance gained 97,539 votes at the 2017 German [federal election|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.

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:
Other political parties also include universal basic income among their policies but do not exclusively focus on it.