Regarding the cap-and-dividend bill currently before the US Congress.
Steve Valk, “Van Hollen bill to price carbon jumpstarts critical dialogue“, Citizen’s Climate Lobby, 25 February 2015
A proposal by the EELV party in the Rhône-Alpes regional council for a feasibility study into a potential Basic Income pilot programme, has been defeated. The defeat came during the budget debate at the end of January this year.
The proposal, in the form of an amendment to the council’s 2015 budget, called for €80,000 to be set aside for a preliminary investigation into a ‘Universal Existence Income’ pilot programme in the Rhône-Alpes region.
EELV member, Olivier Keller, received a round of applause after making the proposal. During his speech he said, “Beyond clichés, it’s a matter of nothing less than giving meaning back to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which links dignity, due to every one of us, to the ability to fulfill one’s needs”
The EELV are part of the governing coalition in Rhône-Alpes, where fresh regional elections are due this year.
For more information, see:
Language: French
Stanislas Jourdan, “EELV propose la mise en place d’une expérimentation de revenu d’existence en région Rhône-Alpes [EELV propose implementation of a Universal Existence Income experiment in Rhône-Alpes region]”, Mouvement Français pour un Revenu de Base, 3 February 2015
Europe Écologie Les Verts, “Budget Primitif 2015 Étude Pour Une Experimentation Du Revenu Universel D’Éxistence En Région Rhône-Alpes / Auvergne [Preliminary Budget 2015 Study for an Experiment into a Universal Existence Income in Rhône-Alpes / Auvergne Region]”, Europe Écologie Les Verts, 29 January 2015
A new Basic Income group has launched in Québec province, called ‘Revenu de Base Québec’.
At the moment, the movement consists of web, Facebook and Twitter pages. The web page includes numerous useful resources including a ‘Stories‘ page, with examples of how Basic Income could help real people, from a recent widow and her family to newlyweds with young children. There is also a videography and other resources.
The movement will work alongside the recently relaunched, Basic Income Canada Network.
For more information, see:
Language: French
Revenu de Base Québec, official website
Roderick Benns, “Basic Income and ‘consensual capitalism’: an interview with Tim Ellis”, Leaders and Legacies, 21 March 2015
Deborah Padfield, “Basic Income – Basic Respect”, OpenDemocracy, 05 March 2015
The 24th BIEN CONGRESS in Maricá & Niterói – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 27-29 August 2025
Linkedin, Instagram, X – biencongress25 (at) gmail [dot] com
BIEN2024 was August 29–31 (Pictures and more coming soon)