european election

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Mnementh said:

Bofferbrauer2 said:

That's actually rather low compared to some countries. I was honestly expecting 8k+

Yeah. I just looked up how it is here in germany:

"Die Abgeordnetenentschädigung beträgt seit dem 1. Juli 2018 monatlich 9.780,28 Euro."

This means since 2018 the member of german Bundestag (national parliament) get 9780,28€ per month (and yes, these 28 cents are totally important, probably result of a percentage-increase they applied).

Da kann ich über!

An US senator receives $174 000 per year plus benefits, which is $14 500 per month.  And that's just the Rank-and-file Members, higher members get higher wages. Majority and Minority Party leaders receive $193 400 ($16 117 per month), while the Speaker of the House gets $223 500 ($18 625 per month): https://www.thoughtco.com/salaries-and-benefits-of-congress-members-3322282