By 2006, the OECD reports that the average tax burden for EU-15 nations had climbed to 39.8% of GDP.

到2006年，OECD的报告指出欧盟15国的平均税率已经攀升到了GDP的39.8%。

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Public debt incurred to prop up the system has grown faster than in any other EU-15 country, and now amounts to 66% of GDP.

为了支持这一体系而造成的公共债务比欧盟十五国的其它国家增加地都要快，现在已经达到了GDP的66%。

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The EU-15 still get less work out of their population than America does (733 hours per person per year against America’s 913).

欧盟15国人均工作时间为733小时/人/年，低于美国的913小时/人/年。

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Russia and the 15-nation EU are expected to issue a joint declaration on terrorism after their summit, at which energy and economic cooperation is also on the agenda.

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The ministers from the 15-member EU - who are trying to agree their common immigration policy - asked the European Commission to come up with concrete proposals for financing both voluntary and forced repatriation.

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Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt, whose country holds the presidency of the 15-nation EU, said that Sunday's strikes were not aimed at the Arab or Muslim worlds and stressed the urgency of humanitarian aid for the Afghan people and Afghan refugees.

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