20/06/2006 11:38:36 am
European Economic Growth. A look at the latest economic growth statistics from Eurostat reveals interesting facts. Growth is lowest, 0-1,5 per cent on an annual basis, in Belgium, Germany, France and Italy. I e the least reformed countries that cling to a so-called social model. Then, there are countries like Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ireland and Czech Republic with a growth rate between 5 and 12 per cent. I e the countries that did the most market-oriented reform. All the rest are in between, both in terms of growth and reform. (Growth is higher in 13 EU countries than in Sweden, by the way.)

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