May inflation rises in France, Germany, Spain amid impact of Iran war

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May inflation rises in France, Germany, Spain amid impact of Iran war

2026-06-13 17:11 Last Updated At：06-15 11:53

France, Germany and Spain saw inflation rises in May amid impact of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, said the three countries' respective statistical authorities on Friday.

France's consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.4 percent year on year in May, up from 2.2 percent in April, according to data released by the French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) on Friday.

The rise in inflation was driven mainly by a further growth in energy prices, which jumped 16.6 percent in May from a year earlier, up from 14.3 percent in April. INSEE said the surge was largely due to gas prices, which went up 11.3 percent after declining 3.1 percent in the previous month.

Service prices were up 2.1 percent year on year in May, higher than the rise of 1.8 percent in April.

By contrast, food price growth slowed slightly to 1.1 percent from 1.2 percent previously.

Core inflation stood at 1.5 percent year on year in May, up from 1.2 percent in April, INSEE said.

The May inflation rate in Germany stood at 2.6 percent year on year, slowing from 2.9 percent in April, the Federal Statistical Office said on Friday.

The prices of energy products were 6.6 percent higher in May than one year earlier, "primarily due to the price developments on the crude oil market in the wake of" the war in Iran and other parts of the Middle East, said the office, noting that the year-on-year increase in energy prices in May was much lower than the 10.1-percent surge in April.

Germany's service prices went up 3.1 percent year on year in May, food prices were up 0.4 percent, with the core inflation rate (excluding food and energy) reaching 2.5 percent.

Spain's inflation rose 3.2 percent year on year in May, the same as in April, in the midst of the impact of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, said the National Statistics Institute (INE) on Friday.

The country's prices of entertainment, sports and cultural activities rose by 2.6 percent year on year in May, when transportation prices increased by 7.4 percent from a year earlier.

Spain's core inflation in May rose to 3 percent, 0.2 percentage point higher than in April.

Saudi airstrikes kill at least 33 in Yemeni village

At least 33 people were killed and more than 39 wounded in airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition near Yemen's capital Sanaa, according to a Sunday social media post by Anees al-Asbahi, spokesman for the Houthi-run health authorities.

Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported Saturday that Saudi airstrikes hit Al-Shariya Village east of Sanaa, destroying several residential buildings and causing dozens of casualties.

The report also said that Saudi warplanes subsequently launched several more airstrikes, targeting rescue workers and bombing the roads leading to the village.

The Saudi side has not yet responded to these allegations.

Search and rescue operations began shortly after the strikes, though progress remained slow.

"Many victims are still trapped under the rubble, mainly because warplanes keep circling overhead. We cannot confirm an exact casualty toll; we estimate there may be more than 60. Thirteen children and four women were inside this building. Only a few have been pulled out, and over 10 of them remain buried inside," rescuer Zakaria Al-Gharbi told a China Media Group reporter on Saturday.

By the time of the interview, the village had already come under four rounds of airstrikes totaling nine attacks. Some rescuers and civil defense personnel were also targeted.

More than an hour had passed since the last strike, yet warplanes could still be heard overhead, forcing search-and-rescue and clearance work to be temporarily halted.

On Saturday evening, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a statement on social media platform X that Saudi forces had carried out 105 airstrikes and missile attacks on Sanaa and seven other Yemeni provinces over the past 24 hours, claiming dozens of casualties, mostly women and children.

According to the spokesman, the latest airstrikes have brought the total number of Saudi air operations since the escalation began to 4,369.