Important decision
At the beginning of May 2026, the Constitutional Court unanimously rejected a proposal by a group of senators to repeal the statutory regulation that limits the amount of remuneration for politicians holding multiple offices simultaneously. According to the ruling, the current system, whereby a politician receives only part of the remuneration for other functions, is in line with the constitutional order. The Court stressed that the regulation pursues a legitimate aim and does not violate the principle of equality.
At the heart of the dispute were the rules under which vacant officials (e.g. MPs or senators) who also serve on municipal or regional councils are paid full remuneration for only one office. Under the law, a politician is entitled to a maximum of 40 per cent of the statutory remuneration for each additional concurrent office. In their constitutional complaint, the senators argued that such a reduction is discriminatory and denigrates the exercise of the mandate in local government, but the plenary of the Constitutional Court did not accept these objections.
In their reasoning, the judges stated that the accumulation of public offices entails the accumulation of remuneration from public funds, which the state can legitimately regulate. According to the Court, the limitation on the amount of compensation is motivational and is intended to prevent situations where the performance of multiple roles of responsibility would be detrimental to their quality. The decision was adopted without dissenting opinions, confirming the firm consensus of the constitutional judges on the legality of the current remuneration mechanism.
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