Today November 8, 2013, the Federal Chancellery of Switzerland announced that the citizen’s initiative for an Unconditional Basic Income has been formally accepted. It stated that after the validation of the signatures on 4 October, 126,408 valid signatures were submitted. Thus, the Federal Chancellery of Switzerland confirms formally: There will be a national referendum on Unconditional Basic Income.
What's next now? The Federal Council will consider Basic Income and prepare a report on it. This will take about one year. Afterwards there will be a debate in the parliament. The national referendum will follow in two to three years.
The question is: Should each person in the country receive the financial basis for a living unconditionally?
Enno Schmidt & Daniel Straub [+]
Invitation pour l’Assemblée Générale 2013 de l’Association BIEN-Suisse Einladung zur Generalversammlung 2013 des Vereins BIEN-Schweiz
Samedi 1 juin, 10.00 heures / Samstag, 1. Juni, 10.00 Uhr
Lausanne, WWF, rue Dickens 6
COLLECTIVE PROPOSAL ADDRESSED TO THE VALAIS CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY
The inhabitants of the canton of Valais, the undersigned, ask the Constituent Assembly to include in the future constitution of the canton the following articles: