Did Finland’s basic income experiment succeed or fail?
Finland’s experiment has the first results and, contrary to the headlines over the world, it has valuable and positive inputs for our understanding of its consequences. The second part of the data will only be available in 2020, given that the final phase of the...
Euro-Dividend as Sociopolitical Pillar of the EU and its Member States
Conference at the University of Freiburg In October 11-12, 2018 about 50 participants from both social sciences and Basic Income movement all over Europe met at an interdisciplinary conference at the University of Freiburg, Germany. They discussed the Euro-Dividend as...
Basic Income and the European Elections 2019 – Interview with Dániel Fehér about the UBIE conference in Budapest
On Friday the 23rd of November a public conference took place at the Hungarian Institute of Political History in Budapest, hosted by the First Hungarian Unconditional Basic Income Association together with the Progressive Hungary Foundation and bringing together...
Liverpool Council passes motion to pilot Basic Income
A call for Liverpool to be the first English city to test a Universal Basic Income (UBI) was discussed at the City Council meeting 19 September. The motion, calling for Liverpool to pilot UBI 'under the next Labour Government' passed easily, although the leader of...
The EYE has passed!
What should the EU prioritise when responding to the future of work? As Universal Basic Income supporters, we couldn't have anticipated better turnout at the European Youth Event 2018. On June 1-2 every two years, some 8000 participants rush through the gates of the...
Barcelona, here we come! First UBIE Summer School, 13-16 September, 2018
Learn, discuss and build a European campaign with Unconditional Basic Income Europe! Let us try to understand together the political opportunities and challenges of making basic income a hot topic in the political marketplace of ideas in the European Union. Join us...
Fighting against poverty and precarity in Europe: What is the proposal of European basic income advocates ?
How can the EU provide an answer to the upheavals of the labour market? While 40% of employers have difficulty finding candidates with the appropriate skills, precarious employment continues to rise. The next European elections are in May, 2019. It's time...
Basic Income: Neither Left nor Right? Join us in Göteborg, 23-25 March 2018!
Who are, who should be our allies in the struggle for basic income? The weekend in Göteborg, Sweden 23-25 March 2018 will include a public meeting, seminars, workshops and our annual General Assembly.
Lisbon UBIE Create-athon – September 2017
In connection with the 2017 BIEN Congress, Unconditional Basic Income Europe held a General Assembly on 24 September in Lisbon. Beyond discussing organisational issues like on the budget, the relationship to BIEN and the question if we want to introduce membership...
Survey: Majority in Germany thinks introducing a Basic Income is a sensible idea
A representative survey found that 58% of Germans think that the introduction of an Unconditional Basic Income is a sensible idea – with some reservations, depending on how the concept is presented.
How can Basic Income activism and research support each other?
This year’s BIEN (Basic Income Earth Network) Congress in Lisbon (25-27 September), saw UBIE (Unconditional Basic Income Europe) sponsor a workshop entitled “How can Basic Income activism and research support each other?”
Strengthening cooperation: UBIE at the 2017 BIEN Congress in Lisbon
The 17th BIEN Congress in Lisbon was the first to be linked to a meeting of Unconditional Basic Income Europe: A great opportunity for both organisations to learn from each other.
Join us in Lisbon on 24 September!
The next meeting of Unconditional Basic Income Europe will be held in Lisbon, Portugal on Sunday, 24th September 2017, one day before the start of the 17th BIEN Congress.
Basic income for Europe – UBIE Summer workshop in Ljubljana
The charming city of Ljubljana hosted an inspiring meeting of European basic income experts and activists end of July.
Basic income after the elections in France and the UK
What are the implications of the elections in France and the UK for the basic income movement in Europe? Interview with Aurélie Hampel, UBIE board member and basic income activist from France, and Barb Jacobson, former chair of UBIE and coordinator of Basic Income UK.
Exploitation in digital sector jobs – only basic income can fix it!
A new European Parliament resolution on the collaborative economy fails to answer how social rights can be safeguarded in this sector. Only basic income can do this, says UBIE.
It’s basic income time, Europe!
With your help, we can put unconditional basic income on the agenda of the European Union in 2017. Support UBIE now!
UBI-Europe springs forward – Meeting in London, March 2017
After an inspirational series of meetings in London 24-26 March, the new board of UBIE gets ready for a busy year ahead.
French Socialist primary election : historic victory for universal basic income!
The success of Benoît Hamon in the French socialist primary is also a big win for the idea of basic income – people want to place it on the top of the political agenda now.
A smashing year for basic income
2016 could go down as the breakthrough year for the basic income movement worldwide. Let’s celebrate that!