The diets of the German members of the Bundestag are going down for the first time.
That emerges from a letter from Bundestag President Wolfgang Schäuble.
Berlin - For the first time in the history of the Bundestag, diets are falling.
As a result of the Corona crisis, MPs will receive less money from July.
As can be seen from a letter from Bundestag President Wolfgang Schäuble, the taxable parliamentary allowance drops by 70.58 euros to 10,012.89 euros.
The Ludwigshafener Zeitung
Rheinpfalz
had reported about it first.
The diets of members of the Bundestag roughly correspond to the salaries of judges at a supreme federal court.
A few years ago, the development of the diets was linked to the development of wages in the country so that the MPs no longer vote on the amount themselves, which regularly caused criticism.
These fell on average last year due to the corona crisis.
MPs' diets are declining: first reduction in the history of the Bundestag
The so-called nominal wage index fell by 0.7 percent.
The diets are now being reduced accordingly.
Last year, the Bundestag passed a zero round for itself, although wages had increased by 2.6 percent in 2019.
As can be seen from the statistics of the Bundestag, it is the first lowering in the history of parliament.
In contrast, there have been zero rounds more often.
In the first Bundestag in 1949, the MPs received an expense allowance of DM 600.
For comparison: According to the Federal Ministry of the Interior, the German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier receives 21,243.06 euros per month.
Chancellor Angela Merkel receives an official salary of 19,121.82 euros per month plus a local allowance of 1200.71 euros and 12,271 euros per year as compensation for service expenses.
Federal ministers receive an official salary of 15,303.64 euros per month, depending on marital status 1035.43 to 1200.71 euros per month as a local allowance, per child 141.33 euros per month and an annual service expense allowance of 3681.30 euros.
(fmü / dpa)