Kommissær Paolo Gentilonis bemærkninger ved pressemødet om de økonomiske prognoser sommeren 2020
(WorldNews Germany)

Good morning everybody. Let me start with the main messages of this forecast. The summer forecast shows that the road to recovery is still paved with uncertainty. First, the pandemic has hit the European economy harder than previously expected, even if a cautious rebound is now beginning. In the euro area, gross domestic product is forecast to shrink by 8.7% this year and to increase by 6.1% in 2021. For the EU as a whole, the economy is forecast to contract by 8.3% in 2020 and grow by 5.8% in 2021. The contraction in 2020 is thus set to be around one percentage point worse than projected in the Spring Forecast. Growth in 2021 will also be slightly less robust than projected in the spring....