NormanH
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But it's not blue....
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Possibly many people keep a foothold in the UK, such as an address which allows them to vote, or possibly they are just not interested.In the 20 years you were abroad were you still paying UK taxes as I am (I pay in both counties)?My basic argument remains that1) all citizens of a country should have a right to vote as a fundamental part of being a citizen wherever one happens to be geographically at any particular moment.2) Having to pay taxes without a vote is 'taxation without representation' and there is a very long history of protest against it:
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As I have mentioned before I have Swiss Life which offers modules, but it is expensive.On the other hand they have always been very efficient and paid hospital costs including the single room charge in advance so I have never needed to reclaim anything.
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Not an adjective I would apply to some posters...
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I agree with Betty for once :)
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buna zuia (boona zyou aa) is good day (as opposed to good morningCe Faci? (chay fatch) is like ça va in FrenchMultzumesc frumos (multzoumesk froomose) thanks very much...but Mersi is used too..
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Because the EDF is going to be allowed to put up the price at which it sells electricity produces by nuclear power more expensively to its competitors..
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Which I believe (contra-intuitively) makes it a saving to the UK, since GPs in France do not get a guaranteed payment each year per patient on their list as happens in the UK.They get their 25euros if and when they see a patient but not otherwise.I have often pointed out that this accounts for their willingness to see you [:)]I must try to find some reliable statistics on this, but I have a strong feeling that I am correct here.
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Alas she is much more likely to know Nicolae Guta (pronounces Gootsa)This is extremely popular in Romania ...the style is known as 'manele' (man ay lay,) and Guta himself is a bit like Johnny Hallyday was in France a national idol quite inexplicably to people from elsewhere
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Raddled ex -Academic that you are you might just be able to decipher a bit of Romanian...Here is the Admissions page for the University of the Lower Danube in Galati..I reckon you could hazard a guess at well over 60% of the words...
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I remember their European railway timetable book with affection from my youth when I had a Euro pass and took trains all over in the Summer...
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Many are Orthodox Christians (Russian orthodox)...this give a different date for Easter usually.Here (34) there are Orthodox monasteries where my friends go to have their children baptisedThere are some who are Catholic however.When I was there in 2003 I was intrigued to hear their idea of a 'mixed' marriage being one between an Orthodox and a Catholic...The fact that the language is like Italian can give a sweetness to the singing voice for 'classical' music:Here is a Romanian choir singing 'Colinde' their version of carols...
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No I didn't go as far as that in my imitation of his faults...[:$]
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I think the title should be "teaching English to a Romanian".I have many Romanian friends and a Romanian family who lodge with me.The younger (under 35) generation have a pretty good understanding of English (From the TV...Romanian TV isn't dubbed so they hear lots of English and even more American) even though here we usually communicate in French.Romanian is a Latin language close to Italian, not as some might imagine a Slavic one, so your French can help in communicating.As for teaching English concentrate on simple concrete vocabulary that is immediately needed ..numbers colours household objects ..but I think you will be surprised how much is there already
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You have to pay both in full, BUT1) The person in residence on the 1st January is responsible for the TH of the whole year 2019 as your Notaire said.2) You have to pay the taxe foncières for the year 2019, but should have received a pro-rata payment from the buyer for March 2019 until the end of the year so you have already had most of the bill paid for you.The dates are for a calendar year not from November to November.The bills are paid in arrears in the Autumn of the year in question.
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I have taken example from his serial disregard for accuracy [:D]
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That is possibly because retired people in the UK don't pay NI contributions whereas in France there are the payments I mention above.
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Don't forget that there are a series of bands (like tax bands) which mean that the first 11128€ (for a single person) are at 0% then you go up though the bands as with income taxYou can see them here:(pensions de retraite)
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I am nit typical it is true, but I could act as an example of a 'worst-case' scenario, which is not in fact all that much to worry about.I have France not the UK as the state which finances my healthcare.If after Brexit you are in PUMA as you should already be, and you become subject to paying contributions in the same way as French pensioners do this is how it works at the moment:
Taux de CSG pour les retraités au 1er janvier 2019
Compte tenu de l’annulation de la hausse de CSG pour certains retraités, quatre taux de CSG sont en vigueur en 2019 :
- 0% (retraite non imposable à la CSG) : taux nul
- 3,8% de la retraite brute : taux réduit de CSG
- 6,6% de la retraite brute : taux intermédiaire de CSG (aussi appelé taux médian)
- 8,3% de la retraite brute (ou taux plein de CSG), dont 2,4% imposable à l’impôt sur le revenu
Les taux de CSG prélevés dépendent du revenu fiscal de référence
du foyer fiscal, qui prend en compte l’ensemble des revenus du foyer et dont le barème varie selon le lieu de résidence. Les seuils pour bénéficier de l’exonération de CSG (retraité entièrement non imposable à la CSG) -
For the moment I find the article confused and confusing and I suspect shoddy journalism here, but it does point to the fact that things are rather less clear than people had been led to believe..
Norman, are you listening?
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