Passengers board an InterCity Express (ICE) train, operated by Deutsche Bahn AG, at Berlin Central Station, also known as Hauptbahnhof, in Berlin, Germany, on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013. German gross domestic product rose 0.7 percent from the first quarter and the French economy expanded 0.5 percent, the countries' national statistics offices said today. Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg via Getty Images