Shock drop in Italian and French economies amid wider European worries
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ROME/PARIS (Reuters) - The economies of France and Italy, respectively the euro zone's second and third largest, shrank unexpectedly in the last quarter of 2019 causing GDP growth for the 19 countries sharing the single currency to miss forecasts, data showed.French manufacturing output slumped in the face of strikes over an unpopular pension reform, putting more pressure on President Emmanuel Macron, while in Italy Friday's data hit the outlook for 2020, dealing a blow to its 5-month old..