Economy of Belgium force. One of the founding members of the European Community, Belgium strongly supports deepening the powers of the present-day European Union to integrate European economies further. About three-quarters of its trade is with other EU countries. Together with the Netherlands and Luxembourg, Belgium is also one of Benelux member states. Belgium's public debt is about 105% of GDP. The government succeeded in balancing its budget during the 2000–2008 period, and income distribution is relatively equal. Belgium began circulating the euro currency in January 2002. Economic growth and foreign direct investment dropped in 2008. In 2009 Belgium suffered negative growth and
Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 and the title of the song performed by Gianni Nazzaro is also unknown. On the night of the final Marcus performed 5th in the running order, following Israel and preceding Belgium. The song was oddly structured as it gave the impression of being a typical Eurovision big ballad until a schlager-esque chorus suddenly kicked in. At the close of voting "Chansons pour ceux qui s'aiment" had picked up only 17 points (6 from Belgium and Ireland and 5 from the Netherlands, placing Luxembourg 14th of the 18 entries. The Luxembourgian jury awarded the only 12 points of the evening to