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Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen
in ganz Europa!
Europäische BürgerInnen-Initiative
Grundeinkommen.
Ergebnis – Analyse – Zukunftsperspektiven
(7. Mai 2014)
Das BGE ist ein Geldbetrag,
der bedingungslos von Geburt bis zum Lebensende
an alle Menschen personenbezogen ausgezahlt wird.
Dieser Betrag muss hoch genug sein, um ein zwar bescheidenes aber
selbstbestimmtes Leben in Würde führen zu können.
Er muss die Möglichkeit bieten, an der Gesellschaft teilzunehmen und
sie mitzugestalten.
Das BGE ersetzt nicht den Sozialstaat sondern transformiert das
Sozialsystem von einem kompensatorischen zu einem
emanzipatorischen.
Ziele der BürgerInnen-Initiative
Die Europäische BürgerInnen-Initiative
“Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen“
hatte „die Erforschung eines Weges zu
emanzipatorischen sozialstaatlichen
Rahmenbedingungen in der EU zum Ziel.
Langfristig geht es darum, allen Menschen
in der EU die Befriedigung ihrer
materiellen Bedürfnisse zur Führung eines
Ergebnis
Pressemitteilung Runder Tisch –
Grundeinkommen (Austria):
Wien, 09.01.2014
Aufwärtstrend im Endspurt für ein
Grundeinkommen
Nur noch wenige Tage für die EU-
Ergebnis
Slowenien vor Kroatien und Belgien
Außerdem müssten vorgegebene Quoten in
mindestens sieben Staaten überschritten
werden.
Slowenien und Kroatien haben diese
Vorgabe bereits erfüllt.
In absoluten Zahlen liegen erwartungsgemäß die
bevölkerungsreichsten Länder voran:
Deutschland mit über 35.000
vor Frankreich mit über 28.000
und Spanien mit über 21.000
Ergebnis
Stand an Unterschriften
(% Angabe bezüglich des Quotums)
1. Bulgaria
237,1 %
2. Slovenia
154,3 %
3. Croatia
135,5 %
4. Belgium
115,2 %
5. Estonia
108,5 %
6. Netherlands
104,3 %
7. Hungary
88,0 %
8. France
67,4 %
9. Slovakia
65,2 %
10. Sweden
64,0 %
Obwohl das offizielle Ziel nicht erreicht
wurde, gibt es viele Gründe, warum die
Unterstützer eines gerechteren und
einfacheren sozialen Sicherheitssystems
zufrieden sind.
Sechs Länder - Bulgarien, Slowenien,
Kroatien, Belgien, Niederlande und
Estland erreichten ihre UnterschriftsQuoten und ein Land, Ungarn, war nahe
Analyse
Der Ombudsman hat einen Fragenkatalog
versendet, den die Organisatoren einer
Europäischen BürgerInnen-Initiative (EBI)
beantworten sollen, um daraus eine Analyse für
Verbesserungen des Instrumentes „EBI“
einzuleiten.
Kurzfassung der 10 Fragen und Antworten aus der
Sicht unserer Initative:
1. Frage
Bekanntheit der EBI in der Öffentlichkeit?
The citizens´initiative is not sufficiently well
known among the general public. To raise
awareness the media have to report at least
from time to time about this instrument and the
current status of ECI´s in progress.
2. Frage
Sind die Richtlinien der EU zur EBI ausreichend?
The information and guidance provided in the
website is sufficient and in direct contacts the
support was excellent: quick and clear, however
sometimes disappointing, because no urgent
proposed improvement of the regulation were
“provisionally” supported, taking into account,
that the final decision could be made after the
validation procedure for the regulation in 2015.
3. Frage
Benutzerfreundlichkeit der Software?
The actual filling in form is not user-friendly
because there is to much information on the
signing page which is not relevant to the
singing.
An important point is that the signer does not
have any response and proof of signing except
4. Frage
Ist die Verlängerung der deadline zum Sammeln
der Unterschriften fair gestaltet worden?
NO, this was not the case!!!
Because almost all signatures are online
signatures, it would be just fair and equitable, if
the EU agrees that the one-year-running-time
of any initiative should start only with the
possibility to sign online. This could be applied
also in a retroactive way concerning the
5. Frage
Ist das Unterzeichnen über „Papier-Formulare“
sinnvoll?
It is necessary to have in addition to the online collection
possibility, the possibility to collect signatures on paper
forms. This is important, because not all persons have an
internet access.
The problem is, that the paper forms (and the online fields) are
different in the Member States. The Annex III of the
Regulation should be harmonized and simplified (all
6. Frage
Ist die Datensicherheit ausreichend?
We have no problem concerning the treatment of personal data,
because the “security against misuse” is very hight after the
certification procedure.
The problem is, that we have to destroy all data after the end of an
ECI process.
In an ongoing handling of the same topic, it would be very useful to
have at least E-mail addresses of the persons, how have signed
the ECI online. If this will be taken into account, also E-mail
addresses are necessary and then the E-mail address could be
used also as immediately answer, if a signature is accepted.
7. Frage
Anzeige während des Sammelprozesses über die
Anzahl der Unterschriften?
The possibility of tracking the number of signatures
obtained throughout the collection period was
implemented and it was very useful to see every day by
everyone the numbers in each Member States.
In our case we have asked the organizers in each
Member State to give the number of signatures on
paper forms per E-mail to the webmaster (Robin
Ketelaar). The webmaster updated the statistic every
8. Frage
Erfahrungen mit der Zusammenarbeit mit den „National Authorities“?
It should be made clear in the improved regulation 2015, that
the task to come in contact with the “national authority”
should be decentralized. Each organizer in a country has to
get authorized (letter of attorney) by the organizer of the
ECI, that she / he can act as “Organizer” with the “National
Authority”, however from the “security management” point of
view a centralized control should be secured (e.g. destroying
the CDs and the paper forms). Only in cases, where Member
States are not involved in a specific ECI, the “general
organizer” should contact the national authority (if from
those Member States also online signatures were received).
The contact with national authorities were in the most cases in
9. und 10. Frage
Welche Änderungen der EBI Regulierung werden vorgeschlagen?
In our case we were very happy to get the offer from the EC
for a hosing agreement and the possibility to use the host of
the EC in Luxembourg free of costs. This offer should be
given in future to all ECIs and should be mentioned as
possibility in the improvement of the regulation 2015.
The certification procedure was very time consuming, although
we got very much support from the EC-team and the
certification authority in Luxembourg. Therefore we would
recommend the starting time of an ECI not be bound on the
day of registration, bot on the day, on which all technical
problems are solved, that online signatures are possible.
Fortsetzung Änderungsvorschläge
Annex III should be harmonized and the simplest rule
should be used for all
Member States.
FULL FIRST NAMES, FAMILY NAME, PERMANENT RESIDENCE
(street, number, code, city, country), DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH,
NATIONALITY, DATE AND SIGNATURE (E-mail Address???)
Fortsetzung Änderungsvorschläge
The possibility to sign an ECI should be possible for all
persons leaving in EU, independent of there Address,
from where the signature will be performed.
Fortsetzung Änderungsvorschläge
In many cases the organizers have not enough “money
background”. Everything have to be paid private and
this is in many cases a very big disadvantage.
Therefore the improved regulation should give also
financial support for all registered ECI.
Fortsetzung Änderungsvorschläge
One very important improvement would be, that the criteria for the
registration of a proposed ECI should be changed, by deleting
criteria (b):
Article 4 (2)
(b) the proposed citizens’ initiative does not manifestly fall
outside the framework of the Commission’s powers to submit
a proposal for a legal act of the Union for the purpose of
implementing the Treaties;
Zukunftsperspektiven
Das Ende der EBI ist der Anfang von
UBIE
Um die aktuelle Dynamik zu nutzen, gehen
die Bemühungen der AktivistInnen weiter,
das Bedingungslose Grundeinkommen EUweit zum Thema zu machen.
Das Ende der Europäischen Initiative soll
“Unconditional Basic Income” conference:
Emancipating European Welfare
(Brussels, 10. April 2014)
“Unconditional Basic Income Europe (UBIE)” Meeting
(Brussels, 11. and 12. April 2014)
Unconditional Basic Income:
Emancipating European Welfare
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktJyk_kj74A
Amana Ferro, European Anti Poverty Network:
„Situation with income poverty and hidden
poverty in Europe“
Unterschiede und Gemeinsamkeiten, „but we all
share the same goal“: „dignified income for
all“, minimum income (focus of European Anti
Poverty Network: 29 national members =
national platforms, 18 European organisations
such as Caritas, people in poverty as the true
Ronald Blaschke, Netzwerk Grundeinkommen
Germany: „Unconditional Basic Income –
Consistently against (hidden) poverty and for
real freedom for everyone“
Unconditional basic income: effective against
hidden poverty and for freedom for
everyone; plus health care insurance or free
health care
gets rid of stigmatisation, combats forced labor,
gives everyone the freedom to choose what
Elena Dalibot, European Alternatives, Citizens Manifesto for
European Democracy, Solidarity and Equality – Different Needs
and Solutions.
High unemployment rates, new situation of working poor,
disengagement within and disappointment about EU of
European citizens led to the idea that unconditional, universal,
high basic income would maybe be a solution.
In face of crises, we are standing at a crossroad. This is an
opportunity to show, that Europe could be at the avantguarde
of a new experience, a new experiment. We should go for it.
There is an urgency to act. We should be pushing for it on the
ground and pushing decision makers.
David Casassas, Member of BIEN, Universitat
Autònoma de Barcelona: Democracy and
Unconditional Basic Income
The unconditionality of basic income confers
on individuals the relevant doses of
bargaining power to say „no“, as a wider
possible say, in order to say „yes“ to other
yeses, to other social relations we wish to
have today but we cannot develope because
we must accept what is on offer out there. In
effect, by guaranteeing our existence, the
Gerald Häfner, MEP, Greens: Development of
ECI and EU-Referendum – tools for more
democracy in the EU
All political groups in the parliament supported
citizen-friendly ECI procedures. The commission
and especially the council, the head of states – it
is strange, that the heads of states play the most
important role in the legislature - is completely
against the idea of European democracy. I think
that in all questions concerning Europe it
needs to be the parliament or the citizens
What Häfner is organizing now is „democracy
international“, a campaign for a new
European convention. You need a convention
to change the Lissabon treaty. Convention
changes for more democracy but also for more
solidarity, for many purposes. And we call for a
European referendum at the end of this
European convention process. „It is not their
Europe. We are Europe, it is a Europe of the
Citizens.“
Werner Rätz, Attac Germany, Working Group
Enough for all and Working Group Beyond the
Growth:
Degrowth, Health and Unconditional Basic Income
The debate on an unconditional basic income is closely linked with the
question of welfare in general. If you reflect upon this, a basic
income obviously concerns people’s health, too.
But within the basic income movement there has been hardly a
debate about this special idea.
Even less attention has been paid to the connection between
basic income and degrowth.
A deliberately organised economic degrowth is required to
prevent the social, economical disadvantages from losing the
battle over the distribution of scarce ressources.
In this sense the unconditional basic income represents the
basis to have the necessary debate in a fearless manner.
There is good proove that equality of income is much
more important and has higher effect on peoples’
health than the quality of medical systems or
individual health conscious behaviour.
Philippe Van Parijs, Chair of Advisory Board of
BIEN: Euro- Dividend – An example for an partial
basic income in Europe;
In order to move forward, we need two things at least:
One is a vision, and the other one are opportunities.
Guy Standing, Honorary Co-President of BIEN: What can
we learn from Namibian and Indian experiments with
unconditional cash transfers?
I think we need to make sure all the time that we situate
the debate, as we have been trying to do in the past 28
years, as
a question of emancipation,
a question of social justice and
a question of building a new distribution system
for the global economy.
Stanislas Jourdan, French Movement for UBI: How the ECI woke up the European movement
Valerija Korosec, UBI Slovenia: Running in the EU elections for UBI
Vahur Luhtsalu, UBI Estonia: Learning-by-doing: How we jumped on the ECI-UBI train (and what
are the lessons learned)
Plamen Dimitrov, president of CITUB, Bulgarian Trade Union: Why Bulgarian trade unions are
supporting UBI
Tomas Haimann, UBI Czech Republic: Perspectives from Eastern Countries
Anna-Béa Duparc, BIEN Switzerland: Lessons from the Swiss Federal Initiative for UBI and
perspectives with the nationwide referendum
Lena Stark, UBI Sweden: UBI in the context of advanced welfare countries
“Unconditional Basic Income Europe (UBIE)” Meeting
(Brussels, 11. and 12. April 2014)
1) UBIE Charter
2) UBIE Constitution
3) UBIE Logo
4) BIEN affiliation
5) Creation of a new “Core Team”
6) Aims and Activities for the coming year
7) Next UBIE meetings
8) Conclusion
UBIE Charter
We are an alliance promoting unconditional basic income
Art. 1 (Definition)
Unconditional Basic Income (UBI) is an amount of money,
paid on a regular basis to each individual
unconditionally and universally, high enough to ensure a
material existence and participation in society. UBI is a
step towards an emancipatory welfare system.
Art. 2 (Mission)
Our goals are:
- the introduction of unconditional basic income in Europe,
- its recognition as a Universal Human Right to live in dignity.
Art. 3 (Diversity)
We respect the diversity of views and opinions on Unconditional
Basic Income. Different justifications and methods of
implementation shall not prevent us from cooperating.
Art. 4 (exclusion from membership)
Racism in the sense of all forms of discrimination against people
based on assumptions about group-specific characteristics is
incompatible with membership and participation in the UBIE
alliance.
Aims and Activities for the coming year
UBIE Website
Europäische BGE-Kampagne vor den Europa-ParlamentsWahlen im Mai
EU-Pojekt: „Europe for Citizens programm“
7. Internationale Woche des Grundeinkommens
Photomontage / Videos / Filme
UBI und unterschiedliche Aspekte (z.B. UBI und Gesundheit)
UBIE-“Pamphlet“
Crowd Funding
Next UBIE meetings
Das 2. UBIE Meeting wird vom 27. - 28. Sept. 2014 in Athen stattfinden.
Das 3. UBIE Meeting wird im März 2015 in Slovenien (Ljubiana) stattfinden.
Conclusion
Der Übergang von der Europäischen “BürgerInnen Initiative zum
BGE” zu dem nun offiziell gegründeten Verein “Unconditional Basic
Income Europe (UBIE)” ist ohne Verlust der in der EBI
aufgebauten Dynamik ausgezeichnet gelungen. Alle
TeilnehmerInnen waren sehr zufrieden.