Germany's Merz: Iran War Has Cost Europe Over €100 Billion in Energy Prices
💶 BERLIN — Merz just put a €100B price tag on a war Europe didn't start. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Merz naming €100B signals Berlin is done absorbing costs quietly. Germany entered winter at 62% storage — already below its own buffer target. The figure is a political weapon aimed at Washington and Tehran simultaneously: Europe is paying for a war it has no vote in. Berlin's economic interest now formally diverges from US strike planning.
