French economy gathers steam, German growth slows

By Ingrid Melander and Michelle Martin PARIS/BERLIN (Reuters) - France posted its fastest economic growth rate in two years in the first three months of 2015 but Germany slowed from the robust pace it rattled along at late last year, official data showed on Wednesday. Euro zone countries appear to have benefited from cheap energy and food prices, a weak euro and European Central Bank money printing so far this year. Wednesday's data suggested that could be exceeded though probably not by en