Unconditional Basic Income Europe BASIC INCOME TEA Poland & Hungary – 14 June |
The Authoritarian Responses to Corona: Poland & Hungary |
Basic Income Tea is back! This Sunday, 14 June at 5pm CEST, Dániel Fehér (UBIE Vice-Chair) and his guests Marta Tycner (Senior Campaigner at WeMove.EU) from Poland and Bence Tordai (Member of Parliament in Hungary) will look at the "Authoritarian Responses to Corona". The far right governments of Poland and Hungary are the infamous "bad boys" of Europe, when it comes to democracy and human rights. Their first answers to the Corona crisis – blaming foreigners, curbing democratic rights – were very similar and caused an outcry in Western media and the EU institutions. However, few people are aware that beyond that, the two regimes are very different when it comes to economic and social policy. Whereas the PiS-government in Warsaw follows a more eclectic, to some extent even social democratic approach, Hungary is ran by neoliberal hardliners. In our discussion, we will explore this juxtaposition more by looking at their social policy responses to the Corona-crisis and also on what impact this had on public debates in both countries. |
Want to meet other basic income advocates, share your thoughts via live chat, and be able to put your questions to our guests? Then please register here until Saturday, 13 June, so we can send you the connection details for the video conferencing tool (Zoom)! If you just want to listen and enjoy, you can also watch the live stream on the UBIE website and on our social media channels (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube) starting Sunday, 14 June, 5 pm CEST. |
Yours unconditionally, Dániel Fehér (UBIE Vice-Chair) |
The Unheard Results of The Finnish Basic Income Experiment |
The results for the Finnish basic income experiment were published on the 6th of May 2020. The results were dubbed final, but there is still more information to come. A closer look at the evaluation report reveals a number of positive findings that have not received the media coverage they deserve, writes Eetu Lehto in the debate corner of the UBIE website. Read the whole article here |
Sunday, 7 June Keynote speech by Philippe Van Parijs: “Will UBI still make sense in the post-corona world?” (pre-recorded at the UBIE General Assembly). Watch here |
Sunday, 17 May Alessandra Bianchi discussed "Basic Income, Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment" with Gabriela Cabaño, Nicole Teke, and Martin Jordö. Watch here |
Sunday, 10 May Leire Rincón interviewed Isabel Franco and Julen Bollain on the "Cash-for-Corona" policies in Spain. Watch here |
Sunday, 3 May "Spotlight UK" with Barb Jacobson and her guests Jamie Cooke, Cleo Goodman, Erin Hill, and Maggie Gordon-Walker. Watch here |
Sunday, 26 April "Has the EU shown solidarity in the Corona crisis?" asked Alessandra Bianchi from her guests Stanislas Jourdan and Francois Denuit. Watch here |
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