The European Commission has today improved economic growth forecasts in France this year by 0.2 percentage points to 1.6%, keeping those of 2018 at 1.7%.

According to the economic forecasts for the autumn, released today by the EU executive, the expected growth of the French Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rose to 1.6% for this year (against the 1.4% expected in May) and maintains up by 1.7% to 2018.

"A strong acceleration of economic activity is expected in 2017, driven by strong growth in private investment and in particular by the recovery in the real estate market," Brussels predicts.

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