Congrats France and Germany!

[withahip]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8198766.stm

The French and German economies both grew by 0.3% between April and June, bringing to an end year-long recessions in Europe's largest economies.

Stronger exports and consumer spending, as well as government stimulus packages, contributed to the growth.

The data came as a surprise, with few analysts expecting Germany and France to start to recover so soon.

[Kounelaki]

[Scouser]

Them Germans - they bombed our chippie

[Dr Cheese]

And killed Stan Boardman's career!

Not all bad then.

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