Poker in Europe

[chanchuan]

I know everybody is preoccupied mostly with the US legislation right now, but here's one about Europe: does anyone have the knowledge (or a link maybe?) about the state of legislation in various european countries?

For instance, AFAIK gambling is legal in the UK (and tax free) and there are no problems with it in Germany, too (you don't have to actually pay taxes either, unless I understood sth wrong). How about other countries, Spain, France, Italy?

Do I have to do the research individually for each country or has sb tried it already?