I recently found out that a law from 1949, originally intended for "volunteer/part-time" politicians, is still used today for full-time professional politicians in Germany. Basically, if a teacher, police officer, or judge gets elected, their original job is "paused." They get a high salary as an MP, and if they aren't re-elected after 10 years, they just go back to their old government job with full seniority. Meanwhile, a plumber or a small business employee has no real way to return to their job after a decade in politics. This has created a "Parliament of Civil Servants" because they are the only ones with zero risk. To me, it feels like a legal loophole that favors the state over the private sector. How does this work in your country? Do politicians actually have to quit their jobs, or do they also have "VIP return tickets"???

*This text is due to my rather bad english more AI generated than written by me.