6 With regard to the first issue, she points out that the free-riding problem can occur, for example, in gathering information and that larger committees are more likely to encounter this problem than smaller committees.
Let me now explain our assessment in greater detail, starting with the economic analysis. Following six quarters of negative output growth, euro area real GDP rose, quarter on quarter, by 0.3% in the second quarter of 2013, also supported by temporary factors related to unusually adverse weather conditions in some euro area countries earlier this year.