The eurozone's faltering recovery ground to a halt in the second quarter of 2014, dragged down by weaker-than-expected performances by the region's two biggest economies - Germany and France, dpa reported. Gross domestic product in the 18-member currency bloc came in at zero in Q2 - down from 0.2 per cent in the first three months of the year, the European Union's statistics office Eurostat said Thursday. Year on year, the eurozone economy also lost momentum, slowing from 0.9 per cent in the first quarter to 0.7 per cent in the three months ended June. The 28-member EU economy also slowed, expanding by 0.2 per cent compared with 0.3 per cent in the first quarter. Year on year, GDP in the EU grew by 1.2 per cent in the second quarter.
