Brussels, 27/03/2002 (Agence Europe) - According to the first Quarterly Report on the Euro area economy published on Wednesday by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, economic activity is likely to experience a gradual recovery in the first half of this year and economic growth, supported by a general improvement in the external environment, is expected to accelerate to close to above the rate of potential of (2.25%-2.5%) in the second half of...