Brussels, 21/02/2013 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission is expected on Friday to scale back its growth forecasts from last November to match the trend emerging over the past few days from a number of countries (see EUROPE 10725).
The French figures were leaked in the magazine Le Point on Wednesday and confirm this trend. In November, the Commission forecast that French GDP would grow by 0.3% in 2013, but now forecasts only 0% to 0.1% growth. Last week, French foreign minister Laurent...