A top EU leader has openly rebuked the United States for launching military action against Iran without consulting European allies, calling Washington an “unpredictable ally” and expressing deep frustration over the consequences for Europe’s economy, security, and potential migration flows, Anadolu reports.

Speaking at Sciences Po in Paris, European Council President Antonio Costa has delivered what many diplomats see as the sharpest public rebuke yet from Brussels.

“For the very first time, the United States launched a war in the Middle East, in our neighbourhood, without any prior information to European allies or Nato,” he has said, openly airing mounting transatlantic tensions over the Iran conflict.

Costa has warned that the conflict is already hitting Europe’s economy hard. “We are paying, we are suffering,” he said, citing energy price spikes, trade disruptions, and the broader financial impact on European households and governments.

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