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00:30The Prime Minister told MPs who ultimately rejected the motion that Portugal had the best economic performance and the best
00:38rate of employment growth in Europe.
00:40But is this true? To find out we can take a look at the most recent Eurostat figures which say
00:45that the EU's GDP was up by 0.7% in the second quarter of 2026 compared to the previous
00:52quarter.
00:53Ireland was the main driver of this with far and away the highest jump in GDP at plus 10.2%.
00:59Slovenia and Lithuania came in second and third place at 1.8% and 1.7% growth respectively.
01:07Portugal came in joint seventh place with Cyprus at 0.8%.
01:12So it's fair to say it's among the best of the 27 member states but it's not the best according
01:17to Eurostat data.
01:19When it comes to employment the same Eurostat data set shows that employment had gone up by 0.1%
01:25in both the Eurozone and the EU in the second quarter of 2026.
01:30And in this case Montenegro would be correct.
01:33When broken down by member state Portugal comes in top at 1% employment growth in the second quarter of
01:392026.
01:40It's followed by the Czech Republic and Malta in joint second place at 0.9% growth.
01:47Several countries saw a decrease in employment though notably Finland and Greece.
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