Valdis Dombrovskis said the European Central Bank will need to respond as the war in Iran pushes inflation higher across Europe.
Speaking in Nicosia on May 21, the EU economy chief tied the inflation shock directly to the conflict while stressing that any rate decision remains the ECB’s to make independently.
The remarks put monetary policy at the center of Europe’s response to a war-driven price surge, with EU finance officials gathering as inflation risks intensify.
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