EU-27’s GDP rises 0.2 percent in Q2 over Q1

According to the estimates released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, during the second quarter of the current year gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.2 percent quarter on quarter both in the euro area and in the EU-27. Compared with the same quarter of 2010, seasonally adjusted GDP increased by 1.7 percent both in the euro area and in the EU-27.