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El gráfico muestra el pronóstico de crecimiento del PIB en 2020 y 2021 en los países orientales de la UE.
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Europa oriental cae en desplome económico

By Jordi Bou

May 15, 2020 - Los países de Europa Oriental – anteriormente la zona de la UE de crecimiento más rápido – están enfrentando su peor recesión desde la caída del comunismo pero se pronostica que se recuperarán más pronto que sus vecinos occidentales.

The virus outbreak will undo several years of solid growth in a region with economies highly tuned to the car industry and exports and which has outpaced richer western Europe.

The economies of eastern Europe states – Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, Hungary, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia – will collectively shrink by 6.9 per cent this year, the European Commission predicts.

However, as lockdown measures are being lifted across the continent, officials are sounding more frequent forecasts of a recovery. According to the European Commission, the region could bounce back with 6.1 per cent expansion next year.

Much will depend on Germany, Europe’s largest economy and a key trade partner which shrank 2.2% in the first quarter.

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PUBLISHED: 15/05/2020; STORY: Graphic News
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