10/12/2004 (Agence Europe) - In the third quarter, the balance of payments of the EU of 25 registered a deficit of 5.3 billion euros, compared with a deficit of more than 6.4 billion in the same period last year. This figure demonstrates that the deficit has grown since the second quarter, when it was 3 billion euros. The initial forecasts also state a surplus of 10.3 billion euros in the balance of services, compared with 8.4 billion in the third quarter of 2003 and 14.3 billion in the...