Explainer-What does Red Sea disruption mean for Europe’s economy?

Weeks of attacks by Iranian-backed Houthi militants on vessels in the Red Sea have disrupted shipping in the Suez Canal, the fastest sea route between Asia and Europe carrying 12% of global container traffic. For the European economy, already skirting a mild recession as it tries to shake off high inflation, prolonged disruption would be a new risk to its outlook and could derail plans by central banks to start cutting interest rates this year. WHAT HAS BEEN THE IMPACT ON THE EUROPEAN ECONOMY SO FAR?