The Green Party plans to introduce a law to halt the planned increase in parliamentary allowances to the Bundestag sometime this week. According to Irene Mihalic, the Green Party’s first parliamentary chief of staff, a spokesperson, the party intends to first submit its own initiative to suspend the allowance hike until the coalition government presents a decision-ready proposal.
This statement follows a development where Jens Spahn, the leader of the CDU faction, publicly showed support for suspending the allowances this year for the first time. However, Mihalic noted that discussions within the governing center-right coalition are still ongoing. She acknowledged that Spahn’s clear position had helped pave the way for the suspension.
Despite the Green Party’s willingness to submit such an initiative collaboratively with the governing coalition-an option which they state they have repeatedly offered in recent weeks-Mihalic explained that because no legislative draft is currently available, the party felt compelled to propose its own bill for now. The current plan involves the monthly allowances for the 630 members of parliament rising from 497 euros to approximately 12,330 euros starting July 1st.
