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Ireland leads, supported by robust public investment and sustained demand, while Poland shows strong medium-term growth despite slight downward revisions. Spain and Portugal benefit from broad-based gains across both building and civil engineering. Countries like Germany, France and Italy continue to face weak housing demand, elevated costs, and constrained financing. The Euroconstruct Country Report provides detailed information on construction market trends and fundamentals in each of the 19 Euroconstruct member countries until 2028. The forecasts and analysis are presented at country level and are based on a comparable, harmonised data set for the main construction sectors and indicators. The macroeconomic outlook is also included. With contributions from Anne-Sophie Alsif, Marie Byd\u017eovsk\u00e1, Arthur Cluet, Ludwig Dorffmeister, Josep R. 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