Parties - Uproar over plans for higher allowances in the state parliament
Considerations by the CDU, SPD and FDP about higher allowances for executives in the state parliamentary groups and in the state parliament presidium are causing a stir in political Wiesbaden. The parliamentary group leaders of the three parties confirmed corresponding talks on Thursday - and at the same time accused the Greens of indiscretion. He was "somewhat appalled" by the Greens, said SPD parliamentary group leader Günter Rudolph. The behavior was a breach of trust. Rudolph emphasized that there was still no agreed proposal.
CDU parliamentary group leader Ines Claus said that the overall issue was a "democracy package" and that a possible new regulation of allowances was only one part of it. The starting point for the considerations was, among other things, a warning from the State Court of Auditors to make the remuneration of the parliamentary leaders of the parliamentary groups more transparent. This had led to plans to enshrine the allowances in law, said Claus.
FDP parliamentary group leader René Rock said that it was quite normal for the parliamentary group leaders to meet before a new legislative period. He accused the Greens of being "bad losers".
State Parliament President Astrid Wallmann (CDU) also said that it was "normal" to look at possible new regulations for the rules of procedure and the Members of Parliament Act towards the end of a legislative period. She explained that the allowances for members of the state parliament presidium in other federal states were in some cases significantly higher than in Hesse. According to Wallmann, there are also plans to introduce a fine for members of parliament that can be imposed following misconduct in plenary.
An important part of the democracy package is also a new regulation for the composition of the "G10 Commission", said Claus. This commission decides on certain surveillance measures by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution. It is currently made up of six members of parliament from the CDU, SPD and Greens. With the changed majority in the Hessian state parliament, a representative of the AfD would also sit on the committee in future without any changes.
According to a ruling by the Wiesbaden Administrative Court, the Hessian state association of the AfD may be monitored by the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution as a so-called suspicious case. The CDU, SPD and FDP parliamentary groups are campaigning for the "G10 Commission" to be appointed via a nomination procedure in future. Members would then be proposed by the parliamentary groups and would have to be elected in the state parliament.
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- Despite the opposition from the Greens, the CDU, SPD, and FDP parliamentary group leaders in Hesse are discussing potential increases in allowances for executives in the state parliamentary groups and presidium.
- The FDP parliamentary group leader, René Rock, defended these meetings, stating that it was normal for group leaders to discuss matters before a new legislative period.
- The proposed changes to allowances stem from a warning from the State Court of Auditors for increased transparency in the remuneration of parliamentary group leaders.
- The debate over allowance changes also involves restructuring the "G10 Commission," a group responsible for deciding on certain surveillance measures by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, with potential changes to include an AfD representative due to shifts in the Hesse state parliamentary makeup.
Source: www.stern.de
