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After Italy vote, people line up for universal basic income for unemployed, reports say
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Mar 09, 2018 02:42pm |
| Category | General |
| News Date | Mar 09, 2018 02:00pm |
| Description | Dozens of Italians have been queuing at tax offices to claim money promised by the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement in the weekend election -- even though the party is not yet in power. A key election pledge of the 5-Star Movement (M5S) was to provide a universal basic income for the unemployed ranging from 700 euros ($860) to 3,000 euros ($3,695).
The party scooped up 33 percent of the national vote in Sunday's ballot, becoming the country's biggest single party, but it did not win as many votes as a right-wing coalition, so both camps are in the process of finding allies to form a parliamentary majority.
However, the political stalemate has not stopped voters in southern Italy from already demanding that the M5S make good on its election pledge. |
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