The opposition Párbeszéd party launched a signature drive in Budapest on Friday, as part of a citizens’ initiative calling for the introduction of a universal basic income across the European Union.
Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony, the party’s co-leader, told a press conference on Blaha Lujza Square in central Budapest that a basic income for all EU citizens would remedy income inequalities within Hungary and the EU. It could be a basis for a “new, social Europe and a new social democracy in Hungary”, he said.
Karácsony said that in recent years, “many have amassed huge private fortunes … while one-third […]
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