The open questions
Why at European level
Not to set the amount, but because no country can move alone inside a single market.
Social protection is a member state competence, and that is a real constraint.
The problem of the country that goes first
A single state introducing a generous basic income, inside a single market with free movement of people and capital, would face pressures no government wants to face alone.
This is exactly the kind of problem a Union exists for: coordinating what nobody can do by themselves.
What the Union can do
Recommend, define a common framework, anchor amounts to national living costs, fund the trials. Not impose: the legal instruments would not allow it, and the 2026 citizens' initiative accordingly asks for a recommendation, not a regulation.
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How it is financed
The most important open question
Gross cost is not net cost. But an adequate income still requires serious fiscal choices.