Other entitlements

When politicians are criticised for being “overpaid”, it is often overlooked that the career of a parliamentarian or member of a government only lasts for a limited period and is therefore often of relatively short duration compared to a whole working life. In addition to this, taking on high political office not infrequently demands that people abandon the occupations they have pursued hitherto. In general, those who hold public positions are therefore granted pension entitlements after a shorter period of time than those who do the same job all their lives. Where several pension entitlements are due simultaneously from various public offices, provisions on the setting off of entitlements always take effect. Other income from public funds, for instance from statutory pension insurance or a pension as a former member of a government, is set off against Members’ fully taxable old-age pensions.