Bundestag Vice President Bodo Ramelow has temporarily failed in his attempt to have the Linke party’s federal board prohibited from submitting a proposal to cap the salaries of its members of parliament.
According to reporting by the FAZ, Ramelow had requested a “temporary measure” from the Linke’s federal arbitration commission. This measure aimed to prevent the party from putting the proposal up for a vote at the federal party conference. The party board is advocating for Bundestag and European members of the Linke to limit their earnings, typically to the level of an average employee’s wage. Ramelow argues that the board’s initiative is unconstitutional.
The vocational party judges rejected his request. In their ruling, quoted by the FAZ, the judges stated that based on their preliminary assessment of the facts and legal situation, Ramelow’s request for judicial intervention was “likely already inadmissible.” They reasoned that the former Thuringia Minister President lacked standing, as the salary cap proposal had not yet been adopted by the party conference.
In his response to the court, Ramelow countered that his legal standing was derived from the fact that the party board’s proposal was already influencing internal party elections. He dismissed the assumption that candidates had not yet needed to take a position on the issue as “unrealistic.” Ramelow has since filed an appeal against the arbitration court’s decision.
