Exactly. In the same way Bernie Sanders is portrayed as a communist by some people, in Europe he'd be center right.

So, when you say "to European standards, right-wing faction", what you're saying is, by the European bloc's notoriously left-wing standards, the Belgian coalition government can be perceived to be positioned to the right of the left. So, it's a centrist member state, coalition government, and it's policy is, unsurprisingly representitive of a centrist government.

None of these new taxes will affect only the rich, they will fall on the poor as well.

This is not very surprising, as the Belgian coalition government is led by a (to European standards) right-wing faction which historically has been favoring the rich, rather than the poor.

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> None of these new taxes will affect only the rich, they will fall on the poor as well. 

This is not very surprising, as the Belgian coalition government is led by a (to European standards) right-wing faction which historically has been favoring the rich, rather than the poor.