Overview

• On June 23, Landtag President Alexander Dierks officially recommended maintaining Saxony’s existing index-based salary model for the current legislative period.
• The mechanism automatically adjusts MPs’ pay each April to match the state’s general wage development, with the last rise taking effect on April 1, 2025.
• Dierks is legally obliged to submit his recommendation by July for lawmakers to consider before deciding on the model’s future.
• Landtag members and faction leaders will vote on the proposal in the fall, determining whether the next adjustment on April 1, 2026, goes ahead.
• Critics warn that automatic increases risk distancing lawmakers’ salaries from the economic realities of ordinary residents despite eliminating annual pay debates.