I found even groceries in Oulu expensive compared to German levels. In Germany you get around 650 Euro for studying, if your parents and you have not enough income. (This includes ca 150 Euro child benefit, that students are eligble to get (until they are 26 or so).)
In the east you can live a comfortable student's live on this. Though you would be hard pressed to afford rent in Frankfurt or Munich, I guess. (Perhaps you can make it work by sharing a flat with 4 people, or living far out of town.)
I am all for citizen's wage. (Or basic income. Whatever you call it.) We decided to have these levels of welfare in western Europe anyway. So we can get rid of a lot of administrative overhead and breaks of privacy. Of course average earner will have to pay exactly that basic income back in taxes. (Plus other expenses of the state that don't go into basic income.)
In the east you can live a comfortable student's live on this. Though you would be hard pressed to afford rent in Frankfurt or Munich, I guess. (Perhaps you can make it work by sharing a flat with 4 people, or living far out of town.)
I am all for citizen's wage. (Or basic income. Whatever you call it.) We decided to have these levels of welfare in western Europe anyway. So we can get rid of a lot of administrative overhead and breaks of privacy. Of course average earner will have to pay exactly that basic income back in taxes. (Plus other expenses of the state that don't go into basic income.)