Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan on Thursday said the struggling economy of Italy may do better after showing its first signs of recovering in more than a year.

Italy posted 0.3% growth in the first quarter on Wednesday, the first time it had reported an expansion in gross domestic product since the third quarter of 2013. The government’s official forecast is for 0.7 percent growth in 2015, following three consecutive years of declining GDP.

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