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    THE euro-zone's feeble recovery since the spring of 2013 came to a halt in the second quarter of 2014, when GDP stagnated. There were some bright spots. Spanish growth quickened from 0.4% in the first three months of the year to 0.6%. And both Dutch and Portuguese GDP, which had contracted in the first quarter, rebounded, with growth of 0.5% and 0.6% respectively. But the euro area was held back by poor performances in its three biggest economies. GDP fell in Germany, the biggest, and Italy, the third largest, by 0.2%; France, the second largest economy, stagnated.

(http://www.economist.com - acesso em 19/08/2014)