News in numbers Economic Forecast: Growth expected to improve after winter slowdown 15% 10%
5%
0%
 2021  2022  2023
The EU economy entered the new year on a weaker note than previously projected. Having reached pre-pandemic output last summer, a moderate slowdown was already expected. Since then, however, economic headwinds have intensifi ed. After a soft patch, the economic expansion is set to regain pace in the second quarter of this year and remain robust going forward. Following a strong recovery by 5.3% in 2021, the EU economy is now forecast to grow by 4.0% in 2022, as in the euro area (EA), and by 2.8% in 2023 (2.7% in the EA).
Russian gas imports into the EU
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Denmark 0% Ireland 0% Germany 66% Netherlands 26% Belgium 6% Czechia 100% Luxembourg 27% Austria 0% France 16% Slovakia 85% Hungary 95% Romania 44% Slovenia 8% Croatia 0% Portugal 9% Spain 10% Greece 38% Italy 43% Bulgaria 75% Poland 54%
Finland 67%
Estonia 46% Sweden 13% Latvia 100% Lithuania 41%
Malta 0% 6 Finance Director Europe / 
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Change in %
Austria Belgium Cyprus Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Latvia
Lithuania Luxembourg
Malta Netherlands Portugal Slovakia Slovenia Spain EA Bulgaria Croatia Czechia Denmark Hungary Poland Romania Sweden EU
            
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