EU sees Germany keeping budget surplus, France above deficit ceiling
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission forecast on Thursday that Germany would keep a budget surplus at least until 2021, while France's deficit would be above the EU ceiling this year and Italy's debt would keep growing to nearly 140% of output.In its quarterly economic forecasts, Brussels said the 19-country euro zone would maintain a broadly neutral fiscal stance this year and next, despite repeated calls on Germany and other wealthier states to spend more to counter a protracted..