[martin_k]

Not true. With the exception of CSU perhaps, every party with a seat in the Bundestag either has internally passed its own concept for a basic income or is discussing the idea: [1] http://www.die-linke-grundeinkommen.de/WordPress/ [2] http://www.gruene-partei.de/cms/partei/dokbin/207/207470.auf... [3] http://www3.fdp-bundesverband.de/files/363/Abschlb-Buergerge... [4] http://www.kas.de/wf/de/33.20403/ [5] http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/wiso/06193.pdf