In early February, members of Unconditional Basic Income Europe (UBIE) attended the launch of a new European movement for democracy named “DiEM25” and key speakers like Katja Kipping from the German Left Party and Caroline Lucas from the UK Greens called for a basic income to be one of the key demands for the new movement. Many of those in attendance agreed that UBIE and DiEM25 shared many of the same goals and a basic income could go a long way toward securing social citizenship and a life of dignity for every European.
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