Unconditional Basic Income Europe

NEWSLETTER – April 2020

Join us for a UBI tea talk every Sunday!

Dear Friend,

Europe and the world under the siege of a virus: Difficult days to cope with for the most of us, especially since the gaps in social security in all countries, no matter how generous, have been exposed. Many millions are falling through those gaps. The interest in unconditional basic income has never been higher. Will Basic Income become part of the post-Corona world?

To explore this and related questions, you need proper facts and analysis rather than second hand headlines. UBIE is starting a new experiment and invites you for:

Basic Income Tea
every Sunday at 5pm CEST

This will be a one-hour online talk with guests from all over Europe on subjects related to the Corona crisis and UBI.

In the first edition, on Sunday, 26 April we are going to ask: "Has the EU shown solidarity in the Corona crisis?" With Stanislas Jourdan (Executive director, Positive Money Europe) and Francois Denuit (Policy Advisor, European Parliament) , moderated by Alessandra Bianchi (Vice-Chair, UBIE), we will take a thorough look at the EU institutions' reactions and policy packages in response to the virus. We will also be discussing alternatives on the table like eurobonds, helicopter money, and basic income.

Want to meet other basic income advocates, share your thoughts via live chat, and be able to put your questions to our guests? Then please register here until Saturday, 25 April, 6pm, so we can send you the connection details for the video conferencing tool (most likely Zoom)!

However, if you just want to listen and enjoy, you can also watch the live stream on the UBIE website and on our social media channels (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube) starting Sunday, 26 April, 5 pm CEST.

Looking forward to see you,

The UBIE Core Group

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Twitter Action: Emergency Basic Income now!

Thanks to your incredible support, our petition to make Unconditional Basic Income possible everywhere in Europe as an urgent response to the Corona crisis, has now surpassed 165.000 signatures!

This is a huge success and shows how strong European citizens feel about this proposal. Still, none of the EU member states has ensured yet that all their residents are protected from existential threats in view of the drastic measures against the epidemic. We need to continue push decision makers both on EU level and in member state governments to put this proposal on the agenda!

Dear friend, raise your voice so EU leaders can hear it and demand that Unconditional Basic Income is put on the agenda of the Council meeting this Thursday - send your tweet to EU Council President Charles Michel and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen NOW!

Tell EU leaders to put UBI on the agenda today!

And of course, please sign the petition if you have not done so yet, and share it with as many friends and others as possible!