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| Growth to between January and March was 0.2%, after being flat in the previous three months. 
 Compared with the same quarter in 2009, the combined economies of the 16 countries that use the euro grew 0.5%.
 
 Throughout the 27-nation EU as a whole, which includes the UK, the first quarter also showed 0.2% growth.
 
 The figures, from the European Union's statistics office, Eurostat, showed that Greece's economy shrank by 0.8% in first quarter of 2010.
 
 Italy reported the fastest growth, of 0.5%, making up for a 0.1% drop over the previous quarter.
 
 Germany was in line with the average, with 0.2% growth, although this was higher than some analysts forecast.
 
 Spain crawled out of recession with 0.1% growth. France also grew by 0.1%, slowing from 0.5% growth in the previous three months.
 
 The figures for the eurozone and whole EU compared unfavourably to first quarter growth of 0.8% for the US.
 
 Japan has yet to release its data, but it had already recorded growth of 0.9% in the last three months of 2009.
 
 随着经济刺激计划的退出和欧洲普遍的财政紧缩政策,欧洲在下半年会不会重新回到衰退的行列呢?谁来说说
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