(ANSA-AFP) - BRUSSELS, OCT 30 - The eurozone economy grew faster than expected in the third quarter of 2025, official data showed Thursday, buoyed by better-than-anticipated growth in France despite political turmoil in Europe's second-biggest economy. The EU's data agency said the 20-country single currency area recorded growth of 0.2 percent over the July-September period from the previous quarter. The figure was higher than the 0.1 percent forecast by analysts for Bloomberg and FactSet -- but economists sounded a note of caution for the future. "While we do expect a gradual acceleration of growth over the coming year, we remain cautious about marking this as the start of a growth spurt, given domestic and global uncertainty," ING Bank's Bert Colijn said in a note. Thursday's data also showed the eurozone economy grew by only 0.1 percent in the second quarter of this year. The data arrived as the European Central Bank is expected to keep its key deposit rate steady later on Thursday. The 27-country European Union economy expanded by 0.3 percent, after recording 0.2 percent growth between April and June. The eurozone economy was supported by surprising data from France. Despite political instability linked to the country's massive debt and deficit, the French economy grew by 0.5 percent in the third quarter. (ANSA-AFP).