In a recent interview (published by the daily De Morgen, 7 September 2013), one of Belgium’s most prominent policy analysts, Professor Carl Devos (Ghent University), argues that Flanders needs a “new left alternative” under the form of a “big leftist party”. Today, several parties such as the Green Party (Groen!), the Socialist Party (sp.a), and the smaller Worker’s Party (Pvda), are competing against each other at the left side of the political spectrum. Devos’s suggestion has triggered many reactions. In an opinion piece published by the same daily newspaper (De Morgen) on 10 September 2013, Ferdi De Ville, a postdoctoral research assistant at Ghent University, maintains that basic income should be at the core of this hypothetical “new left alternative”. Basic income, he writes, would make such alternative more attractive.
The opinion piece (in Dutch) is available at: https://www.demorgen.be/dm/nl/2461/Opinie/article/detail/1701689/2013/09/10/Het-verdriet-van-links-we-zijn-alles-gaan-bekijken-door-een-kapitalistische-bril.dhtml
