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19 Feb 2013
Hollande admits France will grow less than expected this year
French president Francois Hollande traveled to Athens on Tuesday where he held a press conference with the Greek PM Antonis Samaras. He admitted that the French economy will grow less than expected in 2013.
Hollande acknowledged that the growth target, established at 0.8%, would not be reached and announced that a more realistic projection would be put forward at the end of March, at the same time as a budget plan for 2014 will be presented, according to the European Commission´s guidelines.
Hollande acknowledged that the growth target, established at 0.8%, would not be reached and announced that a more realistic projection would be put forward at the end of March, at the same time as a budget plan for 2014 will be presented, according to the European Commission´s guidelines.