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4mo ago

Brandenburg Landtag Proposes 3.5% Cap on Automatic Salary Hikes

A revision tabled by the SPD, BSW, CDU caps annual rises at 3.5 percent to address public backlash over index-linked pay adjustments.

Blick in den Bundestag am 8. Dezember 1976. Die Abgeordneten beschlossen das Gesetz zur Erhöhung ihrer Diäten und zur Verbesserung ihrer Altersversorgung
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Politikergehälter in Deutschland werden ab dem 5. Juni 2025 jährlich automatisch angepasst, was eine Erhöhung um 5,4 Prozent auf über 11.800 Euro und Kritik von verschiedenen Parteien zur Folge hat.
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Overview

  • Members currently receive a monthly allowance of €9,800 after a 5.7 percent increase in January 2025 and a 4.4 percent rise in 2024.
  • The proposed amendment to the deputies law would limit future salary increases to 3.5 percent, using state wage and price statistics to calculate adjustments.
  • BSW parliamentary director Falk Peschel indicated his faction could support zero-percent adjustments to prevent any appearance of self-enrichment.
  • AfD lawmakers stand alone in rejecting the cap, calling it a covert advantage scheme and insisting that any pay rise undergo a full parliamentary debate.
  • AfD has also pushed to expand constituency office staffing from 1.5 to 2 posts per member, a change criticised for its potential annual seven-figure cost.