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PARIS (AP) - The French economy fared worse than expected in the second quarter of 2005, growing just 0.1 percent, the official statistics agency Insee said Friday.
Economists had forecast growth of 0.3 percent for France's gross domestic product for the second quarter.
The result means the French economy is not growing fast enough to deliver the government's annual growth target for this year of close to 2 percent of GDP. It also means France is lagging behind other nations using the euro.
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