China News Service, September 27th. On the 27th local time, the German Federal Election Counting Agency announced the results of the Bundestag election. The Social Democratic Party won the Bundestag election with 25.7% of the votes.

　　According to Deutsche Welle's Chinese website, the number of people in the new parliament may be close to 1,000.

In addition, the report also gave a detailed introduction on the salaries of parliamentarians and whether they can work part-time.

On September 26, local time, pedestrians passed the billboard of Schultz, the candidate for Prime Minister of the Social Democratic Party on the streets of Berlin.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Peng Dawei

The number of members may be close to 1,000

　　According to reports, the current German Bundestag has 709 members, which is the largest in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany.

　　The Bundestag originally had 598 statutory seats, but for each additional election, the number of seats increased.

After the last election only 4 years ago, the number of seats has increased by 78.

　　According to reports, if all members of the new parliament are present, the total number may exceed 800, or even close to 1,000.

　　The reason why the number of seats continues to increase is due to Germany's complicated two-vote electoral law.

The German general election has 299 electoral districts of the same size. Whoever gets the most votes in a certain electoral district becomes a direct candidate to enter the Bundestag.

　　The second vote relates to the party’s list of candidates determined by the party before the election. The 299 seats in the electoral districts were selected by the second vote, a total of 598 seats.

The number of second votes obtained determines the relative strength of the parties in the new Bundestag.

The more members there are, the heavier the taxpayer’s burden

　　The German Federal Taxpayers Association stated that compared with the original size of 598 seats, the current Bundestag with 709 seats has increased by 333 million euros; if there are 800 seats, it will increase by 605 million euros; if it is 900, it will increase. Expenditure of 905 million euros.

　　The organization issued a petition on the Internet, demanding "end the XXL (extra large) Bundestag!", calling for the reduction of seats to 500.

　　However, in the German Bundestag, relevant reforms have been delayed repeatedly.

At present, the plan to expand the office has been drawn up, but it will not be completed until 2022.

On September 26, local time, pedestrians passed the billboard of the Berlin Street Union Prime Minister candidate Raschett.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Peng Dawei

Can a member of parliament work part-time?

　　German federal parliamentarians are paid by the state and do not need to be engaged in a second job.

But many people still have side jobs.

　　In recent years, the situation has changed, and the possibility of making additional money is strictly limited.

　　According to reports, according to the regulations of the German Federal Constitutional Court, members of parliament can do other tasks during their term of office.

However, they don't have much time to "part-time".

Because according to relevant laws of parliamentarians, fulfilling the authorization of the Bundestag must be the center of its work.

What is the income of the councillors?

　　Germany's "Basic Law" stipulates that parliamentarians must be remunerated in a way that does not require additional sources of income, commonly known as "members' allowance", and the amount is based on the salary of ordinary judges of the Federal Supreme Court.

The number of allowances will be updated every year from July 1st.

　　Currently, the allowance is 10012.89 euros per month.

　　Members can also receive a one-time tax-free funding allowance to pay for the implementation of the Bundestag’s mandate.

At the same time, as federal parliamentarians, parliamentarians often have to rent a second house in Berlin, which also requires money.

Related expenses are listed as one-time tax-free expenses, adjusted on January 1 of each year according to the current living cost level, and are currently 4,560.59 euros per month.

　　In addition, members of Parliament can also receive up to 12,000 Euros of office materials and free tickets for Deutsche Bahn.