Less than eight months before the current deadline of signature collection for the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) “Start Unconditional Basic Incomes (UBI) throughout the EU” (https://sign.eci-ubi.eu), the initiative has been almost untouched by the citizens of Malta, the smallest EU member. While the citizens of Slovenia reached their national quota […]
The winner of the first EU-wide Basic Income raffle organized by the NGO UBI4ALL is Lucie Paulin, a young Frenchwoman who has finished her studies and is looking for a suitable job. From the beginning of July, she will receive a UBI of 800 euros per month during one year. […]
The Latvian campaign page of the European Citizens’ Initiative for UBI on Facebook was hit by a cyber attack on Thursday and Friday, during which numerous unrelated advertising posts were created, and a $ 30 advertising bill was created for the administrator. In the interests of security, it is planned […]
The European Citizens’ Initiative on the introduction of Unconditional Basic Incomes throughout the EU has now issued 500 signatures from Estonia. In total, it has so far received more than 31 thousand statements of support out of the required million. For the initiative to be successful, at least seven countries […]
On 25 September, the collection of statements of support for the European Citizens’ Initiative will begin, with the ultimate aim of establishingUnconditional Basic Incomes throughout the European Union, in all 27 member states. In particular, the initiative calls on the European Commission to submit to the appropriate institutions its proposal for the […]
A recent blog post of Estonian parliamentary library give an overview of Basic Income with links to some resources, included the briefing of European Parliamentary Research Centre “Basic Income: Arguments, evidence, prospects” . This one was published in September 2016 but no word in Estonian media followed and, furthermore, this document is not officially […]
Five Estonian citizens published recently a petition which suggests to implement a Basic Income research and test in their country. The petition emphasizes that it does not require the introduction of the basic income. “Only the investigation of the feasibility and impact on people, including test,” says Jaanus Nurmoja, the […]
The workshop “Experimenting with Basic Income: Finland and the Netherlands” will be held today in Helsingi Kela headquarters. It starts at 13:00 at local time (11:00 GMT), will be recorded and can be followed in real time via internet This workshop brings Dutch researchers from Utrecht, Wageningen and Tilburg to […]
QUESTION: Let’s imagine a hypotetical situation where the state would pay money for people and everyone could also quit the job. Would you agree to quit your job and if yes, how much would you then wish to get money from the state? Amount per month % % of people with […]
When I presented the Basic Income idea in one event in March 2016 someone asked me: could there be a threat that the employers will try to pull the salaries down as basic income will rise our income anyway? I answered: yes, and they may have success if some agreement […]
