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Sunday 01 November 2020
The AfD leadership wants to put the basic income model up for discussion at the party congress. Consequently, all citizens must receive 500 euros per month. But the economically liberal wing of the party also receives a concession.
The AfD wants to discuss a model for a basic income that should exclude foreigners at its next federal party conference. According to the German Press Agency, the two party leaders, Tino Chrupalla and Jörg Meuthen, are among others behind a corresponding request. The text was officially presented to AfD headquarters last Thursday.
The application stipulates that every German citizen permanently residing in Germany will receive 500 euros per month from the state from birth. Those who earn enough would pay less income tax at the end of the year instead of having the money paid, similar to what already happens with child benefit today.
The model was developed by René Springer, a member of the Brandenburg Bundestag. In the proposal, on which delegates at a party congress in late November in Kalkar, North Rhine-Westphalia, must decide according to current planning, the establishment of a Bundestag commission of inquiry is suggested. It should address new models of social security such as “citizenship money”. Additionally, applicants are in favor of testing their model in pilot projects.
In addition to the basic income previously favored by leftist politicians, the model also provides for a simplification of the income tax law. Therefore, it is also an attempt to defuse an internal conflict between parties that has been latent for years. The economically liberal wing around Meuthen and the leader of the Bundestag parliamentary group, Alice Weidel, are against supporters of the right-wing national trend, who tend to rely more on the state for social policy issues.
