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A month of the military operation in Iran has added €14 billion to the European Union's fossil fuel import costs, acc. to EU the Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen. EU gas prices have risen by about 70% and oil prices by 60%. While there is currently no direct shortage of oil and gas in the EU, there is tension in diesel and aviation fuel markets, and global gas market constraints are driving up electricity prices, threatening additional costs for industry and households. 'We should have no illusions that the consequences of this crisis for energy markets will be short-lived, because they will not be,' Jørgensen warned and called on EU member states to act in coordination and avoid fragmented national measures that could destabilize energy markets. I wonder if this will have impact on the EU policies towards Russia. Will this cause more delayed attempts to ban Russian energy products? There is a feeling that the EU is more pragmatic that it seems.