Eurostat News Release: European Day of Languages: English, French and German still most common foreign languages studied at lower secondary level in the EU28 in 2012… … but Spanish learning has increased more In the EU28 in 2012, English was still the most commonly studied foreign language at lower secondary level, with 96.7% of pupils learning it, far ahead of French (34.1%), German (22.1%) and Spanish (12.2%). The importance of …Read More

Eurostat News Release: EU-Canada Summit: EU28 surplus in trade in goods with Canada of €4bn in 2013, Surplus of €7bn in trade in services, 24 September.   After a significant decrease in 2009, the value of EU28 trade in goods with Canada recovered in the following years to reach a peak value for exports of €31.6 billion in 2013. Imports also recovered to a peak value of €30.7 bn in …Read More

142/2014: 19 September 2014, The EU in the world in thirteen statistical themes Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, releases today the latest edition of “The EU in the world”, in which the EU and the 15 non-EU G-20 countries are compared across many statistical fields using a range of harmonised European and international statistics. For many indicators the total for the world is also included.

The EU economic outlook is strengthening. While leading indicators point to GDP growth gaining momentum in the near term, the conditions for a sustained recovery in the medium term are also improving. Growth is still set to remain moderate, but a gradual easing related to deleveraging, financial fragmentation, adjustment of external imbalances and uncertainty is noticeable. http://bit.ly/1tWyp2q

Statistical data about individual economies of EU member-states, based on the most common, basic economic indicators. http://bit.ly/1x56zDx

“The euro area is projected to grow at a 0.8 percent rate in 2014 and a 1.1 percent pace in 2015. Growth prospects differ widely among the major euro area economies. Germany is forecast to grow by 1.5 per cent in both 2014 and 2015, France by 0.4 per cent in 2014 and 1 per cent in 2015, while Italy will see a -0.4 per cent drop in 2014 and …Read More