Basic income(s): political parties’ positions and cleavages on the French-speaking Belgian scene

This working paper presents an overview of the positions of three French-speaking Belgian political parties (MR, PS and Ecolo)on unconditional basic income. Following a grey litterature review, it shows the persistent relevance of the left-right cleavage. Indeed, classical themes provoking divisions between the left and the right wings of the political spectrum are also percolating the BI debate. This means that the universal revenue idea, rather than transcending political divisions, is underlining them under a new angle. One should always care for re-inscribing the BI debate within the evolu... Mehr ...