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.