BBC: Eurozone growth sluggish as Germany avoids recessionBy BBC. Published Nov. 14, 2014 at 2:05 pm Germany's growth, together with stronger-than-expected expansion in France of 0.3%, helped the eurozone as a whole to grow by 0.2% in the quarter.With the economy having shrunk 0.1% in the previous quarter, another negative figure would have implied a recession. Read the story here.