EU's Gentiloni: We will have a recession this winter - Reuters

BRUSSELS, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Europe will fall into a recession this winter and growth will not return before spring, European Economy Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni said on Monday.

"We will have a recession this winter," he told reporters before a Eurogroup meeting in Brussels.

Reporting by Benoit Van Overstraeten; Editing by Foo Yun Chee

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