France is the country with the highest taxes in Europe along with Sweden... something of which I am not proud.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Stupider than France is not where we want to be on tax policy.
Swedish taxes are high, and we don't get as much as we used to for them. And our schools aren't so good.
Is France a northern European export powerhouse, or a Mediterranean indebted and dependent economy? Yes to both.
I am and will remain a tax resident in France and in this regard I will, like all French people, fulfill my fiscal obligations.
Danes pay very high taxes, but in return enjoy a quality of life that many Americans would find hard to believe.
France is a fantastic country. It's between the Anglo-Saxon and Latin cultures. We have some of the Anglo-Saxon rigor, and some of the Latin quirkiness.
Remember one thing - that Sweden is performing better than the rest of Europe.
I do not separate France from Europe.
France is the bridge between northern Europe and southern Europe. I refuse any division. If Europe has been reunified, it's not for it to then fall into egotism or 'each for one's own'. Our duty is to set common rules around the principles of responsibility and solidarity.
France is, for me, the country of happiness.