The Eurostat report showed gross domestic product in the Eurozone was up 1.7 percent on the year, while that of the European Union as a whole was up 0.4 percent on the quarter and 1.9 percent on the year.
The EU member state whose economy expanded fastest in the quarter was Croatia, at 1.7 percent, followed by Slovenia at 1.0 percent, and Portugal and Greece, both with 0.8 percent.
Year on year, Romania’s economy enjoyed the largest increase, at 4.6 percent, followed by Bulgaria, with 3.4 percent, and Slovakia, with 3.2 percent. Portugal’s year-on-year increase was 1.6 percent.