ANSA reported on May 12 that Lombardy Governor Maroni may introduce a basic income experiment in Lombardy, Italy. However, Sandro Gobetti, Coordinator of Basic Income Network Italia, suggests that these reports are unfounded and untrue, saying that Maroni has no intention of implementing a basic income scheme as defined by BIEN. For a more clear picture of the basic income situation in Italy, please visit Basic Income Network Italia’s website. Gobetti’s cautionary explanation can be found in the comments of this post, while ANSA’s article is printed below:
(ANSA) – Milan, May 12 – Lombardy Governor Roberto Maroni said Monday that his executive intends to introduce, on an experimental basis, a basic-income benefit to ensure all families in the region have enough money to be able to pay for basic necessities. Maroni said he intended to use 220 million euros from from the European Social Fund (ESF) for the initiative. “In Lombardy I want to bring in the first experiment of the basic income, reserved for citizens who are resident in Lombardy, and consistent with the aims of the European Social Fund”. To read ANSA’s article, click here.
Further, a discussion in Italian of this basic income experiment is taking place on Reddit. To read and join the discussion, click here.
It’s not basic income. It’s guaranteed minimum income for a subset of the poor families, only during unemployment and only if the poor prove that they are actively and indiscriminately looking for work. The amount proposed is about 2/3 of the poverty limit in this region and it’s a short-term plan.
This is a false notice. Maroni never talk about basic income, and also he never talk about guaranteed income. What he say is an idea just for citizen of lombardia (and italian) for a such of minimum income very condition to work and also he want get money from the European Social Fund that them cannot use for an income because this Fund is just for employers or people in training. Maroni speak about an income because it was regional election last week in Italy and SEL party as Movimento 5 Stelle present in different region a proposal about minimum income law. Also there’s a debate in Senate in Italy about two different nationa law of minimum income. BIN Italia, the network of basic income, partecipated in the debate at senate commission.
So please remove this false notice or ask to BIN Italia before give it.
Thank you for you comment. This will be analysed and updated, if needed.
Best regards,
André
Well i think that it’s important to update because is not true notice. So yes we needed. Also if you want to know and give notice about italy you can use it the Basic Income Network Italy http://www.bin-italia.org
Unconditional
Sandro Gobetti
Coordinatore BIN Italia
http://www.bin-italia.org
This is not aq “conflicting reporting”. Maroni wont give any basic income or implement it as BIN Italia wrote more than ones here. Maybe there’s a wronjg translation from the notice but the notice is not true.. He just say that want give a minimum income (in the election time) very conditional and especially just for italian and not for immigrant (Maroni is from the racist party Lega). The real notice is not about basic income, but for say “we want give to italian, better, to the Lombardia people, and not to immigrant” and this because there’s a very big fighting from this party aagainst the immigrant right now. The minimum income proposal by Maroni means that and also at the mean time “he asnwer” to a very important coalition that promote of the very big “income for dignity” (to immigrant too) promoted by Libera the big association against Mafia, and also to answer to M5S proposal for a citizen income (even if tehm call so is a minimum income) too. But nothing about basic income and really from the notice about the struggle for a right to a guaranteed income Maroni is not the so important notice.