Growth across the eurozone halved during the past quarter, falling from 0.6% to 0.3% in the three months to the end of June.
Growth across the whole of the EU was slightly stronger at 0.4%.
Euro area GDP +0.3% in Q2 2016, +1.6% compared with Q2 2015 #Eurostat - https://t.co/2CODjdKpgm pic.twitter.com/8TXEgr5tMG
— EU_Eurostat (@EU_Eurostat) July 29, 2016
The main talking point is the drop-off in France's economic expansion - it registered growth of 0.7% in the first quarter - but recorded no growth during the second quarter.
However, inflation did rise, with prices up by 0.2% in July, following a 0.1% increase in June - this is still a million miles from the European Central Bank's (ECB) target rate of 2%.
Increases in the prices of food, alcohol & tobacco were off-set by low energy costs.
In June eurozone unemployment remained at 10.1% - with Irish figures below both the EU and euro bloc averages.
