PARIS — Top European finance ministers privately pleaded with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to end his country’s war in the Middle East to prevent the conflict from dragging the continent deeper into economic calamity. During the G7 gathering of finance ministers in Paris Monday and Tuesday, Bessent was told the conflict with Iran is fueling a surge in oil prices in the European Union, hitting economic growth and threatening a full-blown food crisis. Germany, France, Italy and the

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