Belgium rejects France’s push to tax French citizens living in Belgium

“Today the Belgian foreign minister gave an interview to the centre-right newspaper Le Figaro, where critics of the socialist president François Hollande are made to feel comfortable.  On the French government’s desire to renegotiate tax collection between the two governments, the gentlest possible No Way: ‘We’re ready to examine many things, as long as the superior principle of free circulation of people, goods and services within the EU is respected. But if this is about recognizing some French power to tax people who live in Belgium, that’s a whole other matter. Every European country must accept that its citizens decide to live elsewhere.'”

http://isaacbrocksociety.ca/2012/12/18/macleans-magazine-belgium-rejects-frances-push-to-tax-french-citizens-living-in-belgium/

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