Price increases resulting from the US war against Iran have cost citizens €90 billion in higher prices.

Omissions

• The claim describes the €90 billion as 'prices paid by peoples'; the underlying von der Leyen figure is the additional cost of importing fossil fuels, a different (though related) metric that feeds into — but is not identical to — consumer price increases.
• The €90 billion is a cumulative figure for the period since the start of the conflict in late February 2026 up to mid-September 2026, not a single-period cost.
• By the session date (6 October 2026), more recent estimates had already put the additional EU energy import cost at over €100 billion (Fortune, 29 September 2026), so the €90 billion figure was the Commission's earlier September estimate and was already being superseded.
• No primary European Commission page reproducing the exact €90 billion statement was located; the figure is documented through several secondary outlets all reporting the same von der Leyen statement.
• The conflict is described by the MEP as a 'US war against Iran'; the Commission statement referred to 'the situation in the Middle East' / the conflict in the Strait of Hormuz, involving the US and Israel.

Sources

• PrimaryEuropean Commission / EEAS — Statement by President von der Leyen on the impact of the situation in the Middle East on the European UnionLet us recap, since the beginning of the conflict – 44 days ago –, our bill for fossil fuel imports has increased by over EUR 22 billion.
• SecondaryYahoo Finance (Energy)Since the start of the Iran war in late February, the European Union has spent an additional €90 billion ($103.9 billion) on importing fossil fuels.
• SecondaryBalkanWebVon der Leyen: The war in Iran has cost the EU an additional 90 billion euros in fuel. Since the start of the Iran war in late February, the European Union has spent an additional 90 billion euros ($103.9 billion) on fossil [fuel imports].
• SecondaryIslam Times"Since the start of the conflict in the Strait of Hormuz, imported fossil fuels cost us an additional 90 billion euro without a single molecule of energy in..." (attributed to EC President Ursula von der Leyen)
• SecondaryAl Mayadeen English...war on Iran has contributed to an additional €90 billion in fossil fuel import costs for the European Union.