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EU cuts eurozone growth forecast as Ukraine war bites: Gentiloni

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Paolo Gentiloni, European Commissioner for Economy, announces that the EU is sharply cutting its eurozone growth forecast for 2022 to 2.7 percent as the bloc struggles with skyrocketing energy prices due to the war in Ukraine. SOUNDBITE

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