German Finance Minister and Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil gives a statement on April 24, 2026 at the Bundestag (lower house of parliament) in Berlin to comment on the German government's plans of a relief package for citizens, including a fuel discount. The surge in oil and gas prices triggered by US-Israeli attacks on Iran and near total closure of the Strait of Hormuz has weighed on Germany: energy-intensive industries account for almost a fifth of its industrial output. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP via Getty Images)

(COMBO) This combination of file pictures created on April 24, 2026 shows an Embraer 190 F-HBLL aircraft (TOP L) of Air France-KLM group taking off from the tarmac of Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport on June 3, 2021, a Lufthansa airlines Airbus-A320-271N (TOP R) coming in to land at Heathrow Airport in west London on April 29, 2024 and a TAP Air Portugal aircraft landing at Humberto Delgado Airport in Lisbon on April 2, 2026. The Air France-KLM and Lufthansa groups have been selected for the next phase of TAP Air Portugal's privatization and are invited to submit binding offers, the Portuguese government announced on April 23, 2026 following a cabinet meeting. The two candidates for the privatization of TAP "will now be invited to move on to the binding offers phase," Finance Minister Joaquim Miranda Sarmento stated during a press conference. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)

German Finance Minister and Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil gives a statement on April 24, 2026 at the Bundestag (lower house of parliament) in Berlin to comment on the German government's plans of a relief package for citizens, including a fuel discount. The surge in oil and gas prices triggered by US-Israeli attacks on Iran and near total closure of the Strait of Hormuz has weighed on Germany: energy-intensive industries account for almost a fifth of its industrial output. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP via Getty Images)

German Finance Minister and Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil gives a statement on April 24, 2026 at the Bundestag (lower house of parliament) in Berlin to comment on the German government's plans of a relief package for citizens, including a fuel discount. The surge in oil and gas prices triggered by US-Israeli attacks on Iran and near total closure of the Strait of Hormuz has weighed on Germany: energy-intensive industries account for almost a fifth of its industrial output. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP via Getty Images)

German Finance Minister and Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil gives a statement on April 24, 2026 at the Bundestag (lower house of parliament) in Berlin to comment on the German government's plans of a relief package for citizens, including a fuel discount. The surge in oil and gas prices triggered by US-Israeli attacks on Iran and near total closure of the Strait of Hormuz has weighed on Germany: energy-intensive industries account for almost a fifth of its industrial output. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP via Getty Images)

German Finance Minister and Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil gives a statement on April 24, 2026 at the Bundestag (lower house of parliament) in Berlin to comment on the German government's plans of a relief package for citizens, including a fuel discount. The surge in oil and gas prices triggered by US-Israeli attacks on Iran and near total closure of the Strait of Hormuz has weighed on Germany: energy-intensive industries account for almost a fifth of its industrial output. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP via Getty Images)

German Finance Minister and Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil (L) arrives to give a statement on April 24, 2026 at the Bundestag (lower house of parliament) in Berlin to comment on the German government's plans of a relief package for citizens, including a fuel discount. The surge in oil and gas prices triggered by US-Israeli attacks on Iran and near total closure of the Strait of Hormuz has weighed on Germany: energy-intensive industries account for almost a fifth of its industrial output. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP via Getty Images)

German Finance Minister and Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil gives a statement on April 24, 2026 at the Bundestag (lower house of parliament) in Berlin to comment on the German government's plans of a relief package for citizens, including a fuel discount. The surge in oil and gas prices triggered by US-Israeli attacks on Iran and near total closure of the Strait of Hormuz has weighed on Germany: energy-intensive industries account for almost a fifth of its industrial output. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP via Getty Images)