20/05/2025 (Agence Europe) – The annual inflation rate in the euro area stood at 2.2% in April. This is stable compared to March, according to figures published by the statistical office of the European Union (Eurostat) on Monday 19 May. In the EU, the rate was 2.4%, compared with 2.5% in March. The lowest rates were observed in France (0.9%), Cyprus (1.4%) and Denmark (1.5%), while the highest were recorded in Romania (4.9%), Estonia (4.4%) and Hungary (4.2%). Price rises were moderate in Italy (2.0%), Germany and Spain (both 2.2%). In April, the biggest contributions to the euro area’s annual inflation rate came from services (+1.80 percentage points, pp), followed by food, alcohol & tobacco (+0.57 pp), industrial goods excluding energy (+0.15 pp) and energy (-0.35 pp). (MB)