What measures have European countries taken to repay their debts?

What measures have European countries taken to repay their debts?

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France's super-rich tax is approved, with an annual income of more than 654.38+0 million euros and a tax rate of 75%.

According to the budget of 20 14 submitted by the French government, in 20 13 and 20 14, enterprises engaged in industrial and commercial registration in France will pay a tax called "special mutual contribution" for employees whose annual income exceeds100000 euros. The tax rate is determined to be 50%, but the total amount paid by the enterprise does not exceed 5% of its turnover. As enterprises that conduct industrial and commercial registration in France must also pay a certain percentage of social insurance premiums for their employees, the effective tax rate of this new tax is close to 75%.

Hollande said that this is not to punish the rich, but to balance social wealth and narrow the gap between the rich and the poor by increasing taxes on high-income people in the context of economic downturn, high unemployment rate and reduced salaries of ordinary employees in enterprises. According to the French government, this new tax will involve 1000 employees of 470 enterprises, which will bring the French government 200 million to 300 million euros a year.

Portugal will forgive some debts and extend the retirement age for debt repayment.

In April of 20 13, the Portuguese government announced that it would gradually cut its budget by about 4.8 billion euros from 20 13 to 20 16, in order to repay the 78 billion euros of debts that the European Union and the International Monetary Fund helped Portugal. In addition to cutting the budgets of ministries and commissions, it will also extend the working hours of employees to about 35 to 40 hours per week, reduce the number of employees in the service industry, and extend the retirement age of employees to 65 within one year.

Spain: Reduce labor costs and extend retirement age.

Spain insists on short-term and medium-term austerity policies. First, starting from 20 13, reduce the wage standard of workers and the cost of other hired labor, and hire more people with the same money, thus increasing the number of employed people; The second is to reform the pension system from 20 13. From 20 15 to 1, if retirees want to receive 100% pension, their retirement age must be extended to 65.3, and it is planned to be extended to 67 in 2027, which will increase the total number of people working.

Italy: There are islands for sale, palaces for sale and beaches for purchase?

Do you want to have a beautiful island of your own on the coast of Venice or Sardinia? If money is not a problem for you, then your wish may come true soon.

20 10 the Italian government plans to sell some "properties" to reduce the country's increasingly heavy debt burden.

It is reported that more than 9,000 national "properties", including buildings, palaces, beaches, islands and forts, with an estimated value of more than 3 billion pounds appear on this sale list, and the total debt of Italy has reached 1. 18 trillion pounds.

Hollande auctioned 1200 bottles of red wine at the presidential palace.

Due to the continuous economic downturn in France, in 20 13, President Hollande took the lead in saving money and decided to auction 1200 bottles of red wine collected by the Elysee Palace. Several French officials said that part of the proceeds from the auction will be used to update the wine cellar, and the remaining funds will be collected by the government. Some analysts said that this is another measure in the fiscal austerity plan after Hollande took office. The auction is scheduled to be held at Derouau auction house from May 30th to 3rd1day local time.

There are 1.2 million bottles of wine in the wine cellar of the Elysee Palace, of which one tenth will participate in the auction, and most of them have been collected for a long time and can be drunk at any time. The auction house statement described: "This is the first time that the Elysee Palace has decided to sell some of its wine cellars. No cellar can better symbolize the diversity and wealth of French land than the cellar of the Elysee Palace. These red wines witnessed the historical events of the five years of the Republic of China. " Some wine collectors also think that Hollande's practice of selling wine is inappropriate, saying that these wines are "part of the national heritage" and should not be sold to billionaires all over the world.

Greece auctioned 654.38+625 million euros of short-term national debt.

On July 8, the Greek Public Debt Administration said that Greece auctioned 654.38+625 million euros (about 654.38+800 million US dollars) of semi-annual national debt that day.

This is the first auction of Greek government bonds after the expiration of the original bailout agreement on June 30, with a yield of 2.97%, which is the same as the last auction on June 10.

After the debt crisis broke out, Greece was unable to raise funds from the international market, and auctioning short-term government bonds became an important way for the government to raise funds. In the past year, due to the deadlock in the negotiations between Greece and its creditors, the creditors stopped issuing bailout loans to Greece, and the Greek government relied more on the monthly auction of short-term government bonds to obtain funds.

In order to attract China people to travel and study in Europe, European countries have relaxed their visas to China.

In order to attract French tourists, there are even "visas against time" in European countries: 20 14 coincides with the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France, and from 65438+ that year127, the French government stipulated that the time for French citizens to apply for visas to France should not exceed 48 hours; In June, Italian Prime Minister Renzi visited China, and Sino-Italian relations were heating up day by day. During his visit to China, Renzi announced to the media that the visa processing time for China citizens would be shortened to 36 hours. From August 1 1, British visa centers in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou will provide "24-hour super priority visa" payment service for Chinese visa applicants. The service price is 600 pounds (about 6600 yuan), which is convenient for applicants who come to the UK urgently to some extent. In addition, from June 10, the review and issuance time for short-term visas to Germany was shortened to 48 hours; In June, 1 1, the Dutch visa processing time was shortened to 48 hours.

French businesses are allowed to open on Sundays: China tourists are not expected to shop in London.

In France, it has been more than 100 years since workers stopped working on Sundays and shops closed. In 20 14, France announced economic reform measures, hoping to revitalize the stagnant economy; The plan includes some controversial measures, including requiring enterprises to open their doors on Sunday. French Prime Minister Valls expressed support for this measure. He said that he didn't want millions of tourists to Paris, especially those from China, to leave Paris for shopping in London on Sunday.

Other measures include opening long-distance bus routes to and from domestic cities and selling state-owned assets of 5 billion to 654.38+00 billion euros. In addition, the authorities will also open some traditionally closed professional fields such as notaries and bailiffs, which will inevitably cause French white-collar workers to take to the streets to protest.

Greece pushes ultra-low threshold immigration new policy: 250,000 euros can buy three generations of immigrants.

The Greek Parliament recently passed a new policy of investment immigration in Greece with a high vote: 250,000 euros (about 1.74 million yuan) to buy real estate, with three generations of immigrants in one step, without immigration supervision, and real estate can be sold.

Compared with the old government, the new immigration policy in Greece is fully liberalized, which mainly includes the real definition of permanent residence status, parents can accompany the application, children can apply for naturalization, and real estate can be sold. It is worth noting that Greece is one of the 28 member States of the European Union and also a Schengen country, so its residence permit is valid in the Schengen area. If you are naturalized, you can hold a Greek passport without a visa 120 countries and regions. Therefore, the reform of Greek immigration policy is absolutely attractive to those who want to immigrate to Europe. > > > detailed

Get a "golden visa" for buying a house in Portugal

20 12 Portugal issues visas with greater authority to foreigners outside the EU, attracting foreigners to invest locally, such as buying real estate. This policy, which is officially called "golden residence permit plan", is also called "golden visa", which is equivalent to "selling residency". In the European debt crisis, Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Spain, etc. Similar measures have been taken for the simple purpose of attracting foreign investment and alleviating the financial difficulties of the government.

From the numerical point of view, the "golden visa" does attract gold, especially Portugal. By the end of February this year, the Portuguese government had attracted more than 654.38+03 billion euros of foreign investment by virtue of the "golden visa", and Greece's income exceeded 200 million euros. According to the data of Cyprus Real Estate Development Association, the real estate industry has attracted more than 654.38 billion euros of foreign investment in the past two years.

Dimitrisz Mardas, deputy finance minister of Greece, said on April 6th that Germany would pay Greece 279 billion euros (about 1885482 million yuan) as compensation for the Nazi occupation of the country.

The parliamentary group established by the Tsipras government in Greece started work and sought compensation from Greece, including war reparations, Nazi Germany's "compulsory loan" to Greece and the return of lost cultural relics. According to the report, Greece was forced to adopt a series of fiscal austerity measures under the rescue plan implemented by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund.

At present, Greece's claim activities have a good momentum. In addition, Germany has repeatedly denied that it still owes Greece any compensation for World War II, and claimed that Germany signed a relevant compensation agreement with Greece in 1960, and has paid Greece about 65,438+150,000 Deutsche Mark (about RMB 397 million).

Spain began to use online gambling to "pay off debts"

In 20 12, the Spanish government issued the online gambling business license for the first time, hoping to regulate the market with the help of the license and alleviate the increasing debt pressure with taxes.

For the Spanish government, which is facing a fiscal deficit of 52 billion euros and its tax revenue is tight, the tax revenue contributed by the online game industry is still an available source of income, although its relative share is very small. Affected by the debt crisis, many industries in Spain have been shrinking in recent years, and the gaming industry can be described as a rare bright spot in economic growth.

Spaniards love football and other sports, and related gambling products attract people to participate. According to official statistics, from 2008 to 20 10, the total amount of bets in the Spanish gambling market increased by more than 7 billion euros to 27.3 billion euros.