22 075 signatures lead Parliament to debate the creation of a basic income for all Basque citizens

The Basque Parliament will debate the creation of a “Unconditional Basic Income” (RBI) for all the Basques who would go from 270 to 900 euros after a citizen platform has managed to gather 22,075 signatures in support of a popular legislative initiative (ILP) with this objective.

The promoters of this initiative have registered this Tuesday in Parliament the 22,075 rubrics collected in what they have described as “a complete success” Since the 10,000 signatures required by law to promote an ILP have been doubled since the campaign to achieve this objective began last September.

“We have achieved it” and now it will be the parties with representation in Parliament that will have to position themselves before this initiative, a spokesperson for this initiative explained at a press conference that has censored the “silence” that during all this time they have maintained the political formations regarding this initiative.

In fact they have come to brand as “disrespect” that silence that they have observed so far and have recognized that now and after obtaining more than the necessary signatures, the parties, but also the rest of the actors, such as unions and employers, will have to pronounce on the matter.

“Today is a proposed law and they have an obligation to position themselves,” they have settled, while they have remarked that the debate is “very clear”, since, as they have said, the current Income Guarantee Rent maintains poverty and the “Unconditional Basic Income” would end it.

This income would be 900 euros per month for emancipated people over 18 or under that age, 450 euros (50% of the initial amount) for those between 14 and 18 years who are not emancipated and 270 euros (30%) for those under 14 years of age.

The requirement to receive it would be to prove 3 months of residence en Euskadi, and it would be paid to each person regardless of who they live with and their income or assets.