Overview
- On Friday the Bundestag approved a one‑off suspension of the automatic 4.2 percent pay rise that would have raised monthly compensation by about €500 to €12,330.48.
- Because parliamentary pay is disbursed in advance, members already received the larger July payment and the Bundestagsverwaltung will reverse the extra amount in August.
- The suspension reduces costs by roughly €3.8 million for the parliamentary year and also stops the linked rise in pensions for former members and survivors.
- Coalition lawmakers framed the measure as a political signal of restraint in a difficult economic and budget situation, and CDU parliamentary manager Steffen Bilger said he backed the pause while defending the wage‑index mechanism as important for MPs’ independence.
- State debates diverge: Hamburg reports informal calls for steep raises of up to about 60 percent that will be reviewed by a new Diätenkommission after the summer, a debate that recalls Berlin’s contested 2020 increase.