19/06/2025 (Agence Europe) – In May, the annual inflation rate was 1.9% in the euro area, compared with 2.2% in April, and 2.2% in the European Union, compared with 2.4% the previous month, according to data published by the EU’s statistical office (Eurostat) on Wednesday 18 June. The lowest rates were observed in Cyprus (0.4%), France (0.6%) and Ireland (1.4%), while the highest were recorded in Romania (5.4%), Estonia (4.6%) and Hungary (4.5%). Price rises were weak in Italy (0.7%) and moderate in Spain (2.0%) and Germany (2.1%). The biggest contributions to the annual inflation rate in the euro area at the end of May came from services (+1.47 percentage points or pp), followed by food, alcohol, and tobacco (+0.62 pp); non-energy industrial goods (+0.16 pp); and energy (-0.34 pp). (MB)