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Unconditional Basic Income Europe
NEWSLETTER – May 2018

Support UBIE youth in Strasbourg!

Dear friends!

Unconditional Basic Income Europe has put together a great delegation to the European Parliament's European Youth Event this June in Strasbourg. 20 people from 10 different countries are ready to carry our vision to MEPs and 5000 other delegates from all over Europe. They will also participate in a roundtable discussion 'Basic Income: the Return of Robin Hood?'

Find out more about who's going and what they want to do by clicking here. You can also participate by sharing your ideas about basic income here.

They need your support - if you can, please give generously here, or you can boost their chances by participating in their Thunderclap on Facebook and Twitter by 10 May!

Below you can find out what happened during our meeting in Gothenburg, and our new board.

Yours unconditionally,

The Board of Unconditional Basic Income Europe:
Harald Enoksson, Dániel Fehér, Hilde Latour, Leire Rincón & Ulrich Schachtschneider

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UBIE elects new board

At our March meeting in Gothenburg, Sweden, UBIE voted in a new board - you find out more about them here. The previous days included a barnstorming speech by Guy Standing, and a brilliant day of workshops on cryptocurrencies, feminism and basic income, and much more! We did not come to a conclusion about doing another European Citizens Initiative on Basic Income at the meeting, but decided to devote a weekend to this discussion later in the year. More about this soon!

Coming events

Ten years on from the Financial Crisis: Time to Rethink the ECB?

If you're in Brussels please attend this conference 23 May to launch Positive Money Europe! PME grew out of the QE4People campaign, supported by UBIE. The future governance of the Eurozone is subject to an intense debate in Europe, however less attention has been paid so far on the European Central Bank (ECB). There will be a panel of distinguished speakers and time for discussion. You can get tickets here.

BIEN Congress 24-26 August 2018 - registration open!

Given all the discussion and news surrounding the Finnish experiment, this year's BIEN Congress, on the theme 'Basic Income and the New Universalism: Rethinking the Welfare State for the 21st Century' looks to be exciting! You can find out more and register here. On 23 August there will also be a Nordic UBI day with representatives from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

October 2018 - Basic Income and the Euro-Dividend as Sociopolitical Pillars of the EU and its Member Countries

This interdisciplinary conference will be held at the University of Freiburg, Germany 11-12 October. Organized by the Department of Economic Policy and Constitutional Economic Theory, the conference aims to gather relevant leading researchers and thinkers in Europe to discuss an EU wide approach to a Basic Income. Featured speakers include Philippe van Paris and Olli Kanga. You can see the call for papers here.

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