Union faction chief Jens Spahn has agreed to droop the weight loss program enhance deliberate for members of the Bundestag this yr. In a podcast from the information portal The Pioneer Spahn mentioned he may perceive that many voters who “have to surrender loads proper now” additionally anticipate the identical from their representatives.
Spahn referred to the burdens on residents attributable to deliberate reforms by the black-red coalition, together with in statutory medical health insurance. He may subsequently “think about that (…) we’ll droop the rise in diets for this yr,” mentioned Spahn within the podcast.
The SPD known as for a suspension of the rise. SPD Common Secretary Tim Klüssendorf mentioned in the beginning of Could that his get together “completely needed to droop” the upcoming enhance and justified this with the austerity measures that had been determined. The Greens and the Left additionally spoke out in favor of not rising the salaries of members of the Bundestag.
This text will proceed to be up to date.