Germany continued to lead the upturn, while France revealed renewed weakness, Euler Hermes analysts noted in this week’s report.

They expect the economic growth in the euro-zone to reach 1% in 2014.

On a separate note, Euler Hermes noted that investors’ confidence in southern European countries picked-up from end-2013, which allowed Greece and Portugal to successfully issue long-term bonds for the first time since 2010-2011.

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