Overview
- Parliamentarians in Baden-Württemberg voted Wednesday to keep their index‑linked pay formula, approving an increase that will take effect in July.
- The Bavarian Landtag confirmed a planned 4.1 percent rise that will lift deputies’ pay to about €10,595 gross per month from 1 July.
- At the federal level, the Bundestag’s Union and SPD groups said they will file a bill this week to cancel this year’s automatic increase, which would have added roughly €500 and raised the allowance to about €12,330.
- Proponents say the indexation method ties pay to regional wage data and prevents yearly political fights, while critics point to the poor economy and say foregoing the raise is a needed public signal; only the AfD in Baden‑Württemberg pushed against the state increase.
- The indexation rules date back to 2005 in Baden‑Württemberg and 2014 in the Bundestag, they can be paused or cut as seen in 2020–21, and the current split could trigger wider debate about whether to keep formulaic adjustments or replace them with explicit political decisions.