Government and politics
Filter by year:- Proceeds road tax surcharge expected to exceed 1.5 billion euros in 2014
- Municipal debt exceeds 50 billion euros
- Public deficit to 2.5 percent
- Municipal cuts on arts and culture
- Water board taxes rise more rapidly for owner-occupiers than for tenants
- Substantial increase tourist tax revenue over the past five years
- Government surplus in first quarter of 2013
- Highest incomes most often in favour of mortgage interest deduction
- Differences in prosperity levels in Europe reduced
- Burden tax and social insurance contributions in the European Union nearly 40 percent
- Municipal expenditure down for third consecutive year
- Population thinks government should take care of vulnerable groups
- Government deficit 4.1 percent in 2012
- Municipalities, provinces and water boards anticipate deficit of 4.1 billion euros
- National Voters Survey 2012: satisfaction with democracy remains high
- Local tax revenues to rise by 2.6 percent