10 days of war in Middle East cost EU 3 billion euros, - von der Leyen

The EU is also feeling the impact of the war in the Middle East

The first 10 days of the US operation in the Middle East cost the European Union an additional €3 billion. This was due to rising oil and gas prices.

She made this statement at a meeting of the European Council, according to Censor.NET, citing Suspilne.

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She noted that gas prices had risen by 50% and oil prices by 27%. Thus, the first 10 days of operations in the Middle East cost European taxpayers an additional €3 billion in fossil fuel imports.

Von der Leyen believes that the actual dependence on fossil fuels has demonstrated the need to develop domestic energy resources.

"We have our own energy sources. Renewable energy sources and nuclear energy. Their prices have remained unchanged over the last 10 days," said the President of the European Commission.

According to her, the EU is developing measures to reduce the impact of high gas prices on the cost of electricity, in particular through better implementation of bilateral long-term agreements between renewable energy developers and government agencies, state aid, and possible subsidies or restrictions on gas prices.

Strikes on Iran

As a reminder, on the morning of 28 February, Israel launched an operation to bomb Iran’s capital, Tehran. This is a joint operation with the US armed forces.
Israel called the operation against Iran "Roaring Lion," while the US called it "Epic Fury."
US President Donald Trump said that the goal of the operation against Iran is "to destroy Iran’s missile industry and fleet" and "to ensure that Iran is unable to destabilize the world."
Trump accused Iran of "financing and training" militants in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and HAMAS in Palestine.
The Israel Defense Forces reported that they deployed more than 200 fighter jets to strike 500 targets in Iran.
On the evening of 28 February, a senior Israeli official told Reuters that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei had been killed that morning in an Israeli airstrike on Iran. His body had already been found.
Later, US President Donald Trump confirmed Ayatollah Khamenei’s death.
On 3 March, sources of the Iran International TV channel claimed that Mojtaba, the son of the eliminated Ali Khamenei, had been chosen as the next Supreme Leader of Iran.
It later became known that Iran’s Assembly of Experts has not yet chosen a new Supreme Leader.
Later, the Iranian state agency Fars reported that the Council of Experts had voted by a majority to support the appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei as Iran's new supreme leader.