All EU member states will record economic growth this year, but Romania and Poland will outrun other European economies in the next two years, according to the World Bank.

Romania’s and Poland’s GDP growth will exceed 2.4% in 2015, due to consumer demand, gradual recovery of investments and increase in exports.

The economy will grow in the eurozone by 1.5% this year and by 1.8% in 2016, whereas in the EU, it will increase by 1.8% in 2015 and by 2% in the next year.

“Exports were the main driver of growth for most member states from Central and Eastern Europe, such as Poland, Bulgaria and Romania,” said Mamta Murthi, World Bank director for Central Europe and Baltic countries.

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