2016
French surpass Belgians as EU’s highest taxpayers
https://www.politico.eu/article/french-surpass-belgians-as-eus-highest-taxpayers/
A study by Institut Économique Molinari shows that Belgium now taxes labor at the second highest rate in the EU, after Prime Minister Charles Michel’s government reduced the real tax rate for workers from 59.47 percent to 56.9 percent.