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MEPs whose initial is “L” · 28 MEPs

Lara Magoni

• Erasmus started in 1987 with 3,200 students and today more than 16 million people have participated.
• Since 2010, rents have increased by 50% in Europe
• As in the case that occurred in Cosenza in 2025, where over 100 students became victims of this new digital abuse.
• Only 16% of the most disadvantaged students reach fundamental skills.
• There were approximately 267 million illegal views during the Paris 2024 Olympics.
• Lombardy Region between 2022 and 2024 invested millions of euros to recover approximately 7,000 empty flats

Laura Ballarín Cereza

• Public procurement accounts for 14% of EU GDP.
• One in six euros of the European economy passes through public procurement in the form of works, services and jobs.
• Families in Spain spend more than half of their income on rent.
• Tens of thousands of tonnes of potentially hazardous waste still need to be removed at the Gospić site in Croatia, with

Laurence Farreng

• Over the past 40 years, 17 million young people have participated in Erasmus.
• Early school leaving decreased from 17% in 2002 to 9% in 2024.
• Two thirds of Europeans declare having confidence in their public service media.
• The Paris 2024 Olympics suffered five times more piracy cases than the Tokyo Olympics three years earlier.
• In France, the loss from piracy is estimated at 1.5 billion euros in 2024, representing 12% of the legal audiovisual mar

Laurence Trochu

• 1.5 million internally displaced persons in Lebanon
• This summer, wildfires destroyed tens of thousands of hectares of forest in Europe.
• More than 2,500 people have died in Lebanon

Laurent Castillo

• Professional exhaustion in France costs nearly €15,000 per employee per year.
• More than one in ten minors has problematic use of social networks.
• 18% of the population in France is affected by obesity.
• Placing up to 100% of the cost on the pharmaceutical industry, particularly on generics.
• More than one third of medicines authorized in Europe are not available in France
• One in six adults in the European Union is affected by obesity.
• In Europe, there are 2.7 million new cancer cases annually
• More than one third of French people with cancer have encountered difficulties accessing medicines
• Since 2017, nearly 40,000 people in France have died from the consequences of heat.
• In France, 12 weeks are needed between diagnosis and treatment due to lack of specialists, whereas recommendations advis
• Only 24% of homes in France are air-conditioned, compared with more than 50% in Italy.

Lefteris Nikolaou-Alavanos

• Greece has frigates deployed in the Red Sea
• Greece is involved in the war with Patriot missile systems deployed in Saudi Arabia
• Over 500,000 animal deaths occurred due to sheep pox in mainland Greece.
• The Tsipras government in Greece legislated a 60-hour working week for doctors.
• Over 200 people have died in workplaces in Greece
• There are 1.2 million vacant healthcare positions in the European Union.
• In 2024, there were 1,500 railway accidents and 750 deaths recorded in the European Union.
• Turkey is challenging Greek sovereignty over 152 islands and islets in the Aegean.
• In Greece, there were 201 workplace fatalities in 2025.

Leila Chaibi

• The US blockade of Cuba has lasted 60 years.
• In France, 350,000 people sleep on the street, four times more within the European Union.
• Vinci has 75 billion euros in turnover, Bouygues has 56 billion euros, and Eiffage has 23 billion euros.
• During the first three years of the Grand Paris Express project, there were six deaths, not counting accidents.

Leire Pajín

• In the last three years, nearly 1,000 humanitarian workers died or were killed while carrying out their mission.
• The United Nations hyper-prioritised humanitarian appeal for 2026 amounts to US$33 billion.
• In 1997, 39 humanitarian workers were killed worldwide.
• 87% of COVID-19 vaccines were supplied to northern countries, while only 0.2% was distributed to low-income countries.
• More than 33 million people in Sudan need urgent humanitarian aid.
• Heat stress threatens more than 130 million workers in Europe.
• 305 million people currently need humanitarian aid
• The humanitarian response for Sudan requires USD 2.9 billion and would address the needs of 20 million people.
• In just three weeks, 15 drone attacks have hit the Sudanese city of El-Obeid, along with summary executions, kidnappings
• The Spanish government has capped the annual update of residential rents at 2%.
• The global humanitarian system is expected to reach only 135 million of the 239 million people in need in 2026.
• Last year only 35% of the humanitarian aid appeal was funded
• The area burned by wildfires already exceeds 130,000 hectares during the current European heat wave.
• Intellectual property contributes approximately 7,000 million euros to GDP and generates more than 81 million jobs.
• In the summer of 2026 there were more fires, more hectares burned, more victims and more evacuated towns than in the pre
• The Ebola outbreak centred in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has already caused 500 deaths.
• The Mediterranean is warming 20% faster than other regions.
• Hundreds of people have been killed since the beginning of the ceasefire.
• More than 13 million people in Sudan are displaced.
• More than one million people have been displaced.
• More than 1,000 humanitarian workers have been killed
• In 2026, 239 million people worldwide will need humanitarian assistance.

Lena Düpont

• One in six children between the ages of 11 and 15 in Europe report being victims of cyberbullying
• Reports of children's sexual abuse online have multiplied by twenty in the last ten years, increasing from 1 million to
• Antisemitic offences, hate speech, and online and offline harassment have significantly surged since 7 October.

Lena Schilling

• 35,000 people in Europe have already died this summer due to extreme heat.
• At least 1,300 people died in a heatwave.
• Almost one in six women Members of the European Parliament has been targeted by AI-generated sexualised images.

Leoluca Orlando

• The Italian government was referred to the International Criminal Court due to alleged collusion with Libyan authorities
• Only in recent weeks, Israeli killing of over 2,000 victims.
• There are 150 transboundary river basins in the world.
• The Italian government failed to respect the International Criminal Court arrest warrant in the case of Libyan torturer
• The European Union has more than 4,000 islands

Letizia Moratti

• Internal barriers are equivalent to tariffs of up to 40%
• In twenty years, manufacturing has fallen below 15% of GDP

Li Andersson

• Only 40% of the EU population participates in adult education, against a 2030 target of 60%.
• In Finland, half of the age cohort chooses a vocational education path.
• Finnish Government decisions to cut family social benefits will result in over 30,000 more children living in poverty.
• More than one in three employees in the European Union work under heavy strain.
• The new Eurostat classification treats interest subsidy loans for state-subsidised housing as government debt, even when
• Russia killed more civilians in Ukraine during the summer of 2026 than at any other point since the start of the full-sc
• In Finland, mental health disorders have overtaken musculoskeletal diseases as the most common cause of disability pensi

Liesbet Sommen

• Belgian women have 6 hours less free time per week than men.
• Around 120,000 workers in Europe are diagnosed with work-related cancer every year.
• Every day thousands of workers in Europe are injured or become ill at work.

Lina Gálvez

• Data from 2025 show that more than 65 million women are at risk of poverty or social exclusion, and the average gender p
• In 80 years, no woman has served as Secretary-General of the United Nations.
• One in three European women has experienced violence.
• 1 in 5 European women have suffered sexual assaults including rape.
• The 'My Voice, My Choice' European Citizens' Initiative collected 1.2 million signatures.
• Spain led on the principle of consent-based rape legislation in 2022.
• The activity rate of women in rural areas is 20 percentage points lower than that of women in urban areas.

Liudas Mažylis

• Annual development assistance for health has fallen to its lowest level.
• Six attacks on civilian ships occurred within ten days in early October in the exclusive economic zones of Bulgaria and
• There is a shortfall of USD 10.5 billion for pandemic preparedness.
• In recent years, violence against humanitarian workers has reached an unprecedented level.
• In September 2026, Azerbaijani human rights defender and election observer Anar Mammadli was sentenced to 13 years in pr
• Around 130 active conflicts are currently taking place worldwide, generating about 70% of humanitarian needs.
• Russia's shadow fleet in the Baltic Sea includes more than 1,100 aging ships operating outside international regulatory
• Russia's shadow fleet still transports two-thirds of Russia's oil exports.
• Moldova has already implemented 24 of the 26 reform steps required for EU accession.
• In the past week alone, Russia launched 2,100 drones, 1,700 guided aerial bombs and 78 missiles at Ukraine.
• The 1989 United Nations Convention prohibiting the recruitment, use, financing and training of mercenaries.
• In Lithuania, a data theft from the Register Centre resulted in the copying of more than 600,000 real estate and legal e
• Aliaksandra Pulinovich is a political prisoner sentenced to ten years and three months in a penal colony, accused of ter

Loránt Vincze

• Islamic Relief Worldwide received more than €34 million in EU funding between 2007 and 2020, according to reported figur

Loucas Fourlas

• In just three months, the Republic of Cyprus recorded 520 air and 23 naval violations by Turkey, 543 violations in total
• The European Union recorded a record wildfire season last year, with more than 10 million stremmas (about 1 million hect
• Thousands of people were arrested during recent demonstrations in Iran.

Lucia Yar

• EU Member States have increased their defence spending in recent years.
• In Europe, women are most often harmed, abused, and killed by men they know, such as partners, ex-partners, or family me
• Almost 75 million people across the EU become victims of crime every year.
• More than a million people have been displaced in Lebanon due to the conflict.
• Around 80% of victims of gender‑based violence in the EU still do not report these crimes to the police.

Luis-Vicențiu Lazarus

• The Common Agricultural Policy was funded with about €400 billion in the current 2021-2027 multiannual budget, but about

Lukas Mandl

• 600,000 data records of persons were stolen from Lithuania by Russia in a cyberattack.
• The World Food Programme assists over 3,300,000 people each month in Sudan
• The European Union is experiencing the longest period in its history without a Treaty reform
• The crisis in Sudan is the largest humanitarian crisis on Earth since April 2023
• India is the largest country on earth by population.
• The World Food Programme distributed USD 12,000,000 in cash in February alone
• Economic growth in China was twelve times as high as in the European Union since the pandemic.
• The EU Strategic Compass identifies and defines China in three dimensions: as a strategic partner, an economic competito
• The European Union is experiencing the longest period without an accession of new member states
• Economic growth in the USA was seven times as high as in the European Union since the pandemic.

Lukas Sieper

• Between 7 and 9 million people of Turkish descent live in the European Union, more than the population of 13 EU Member S
• The European Union is the biggest market in the world.
• The People's Mojahedin (MEK) carried out massive terrorist attacks against civilians during the 1990s.
• The 2026 Russian State Duma elections were held without OSCE observation, with opposition forces excluded and independen
• Corruption costs the European Union almost 6% of its GDP every year.
• 64% of rental apartments in Germany are owned by small landlords

Luke Ming Flanagan

• According to the Eurobarometer published this week, both adolescents and parents identified better implementation and en
• In Ireland, €3.15 billion was promised through a dedicated climate and nature fund, but no money was earmarked for natur
• Roscommon received €1 billion in Common Agricultural Policy payments since 2014.
• €1 billion in Common Agricultural Policy payments has come to County Roscommon in Ireland since 2014.
• 87% of fishers in Ireland are small-scale fishers.

Luís Montenegro

• Portuguese electricity prices are among the most competitive in Europe.
• Portugal recorded the highest quarter-on-quarter employment growth in Europe.
• In 2025 Portugal returned 69,000 immigrants who are now reinforcing the country's workforce and economy.
• The previous Socialist government in Portugal planned to build 26,000 homes but left budget for only 16,000 public housi
• Portugal's public debt is currently below 90% of GDP.
• The number of foreign residents in Portugal increased exponentially in recent years.
• More than 70% of Portugal's electricity currently comes from renewable sources.
• Portugal is currently financing 133,000 newly built or renovated homes with the European Investment Bank.
• Real net household income in Portugal rose 14.9% over two years, one of the largest increases in the OECD.
• Portugal's economic growth in the second quarter of 2026 was 2.5%, more than double that of the European Union and the e
• Portugal did not raise any tax over two and a half years while reducing taxation on labour income and corporate income.

Lynn Boylan

• Ireland is one of the ten Member States that has not yet ratified CETA
• 320,000 households in Ireland are in energy arrears.
• Israel has destroyed at least EUR 150 million of EU-funded infrastructure and has not paid back any of it.
• Fossil fuel companies have won more than USD 80 billion in investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) awards.
• Five defendants in the Ulm trial in Germany have been held in prison for over a year without a verdict.
• 1,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the ceasefire.
• The cost of living in Dublin is increasing.
• Dublin is experiencing record-breaking rents.
• More than USD 100 billion of public money has been awarded to private investors in investor courts
• Israel has displaced more than 700,000 people in Lebanon, of whom 200,000 are children.
• In the first half of 2026, there were 88 attacks against Christians and Christian holy sites in Israel and the occupied

Lídia Pereira

• Six in ten European companies say that complying with new rules is an obstacle to their activity.
• Around 82% of European start-ups that manage to scale end up moving to the United States in search of financing.
• China is the main source of EU imports and the third-largest destination for EU exports.
• The European Union spends EUR 1 million on energy imports every 90 seconds, over EUR 120 million during the three hours
• Portugal's economy is growing above the average.
• This week Europeans are paying 20 cents more per litre of diesel
• Europe paid an extra €100 billion for fossil fuels this year because of the conflict in the Middle East.
• Until August, 74% of the electricity produced in Portugal came from renewable sources.
• Only one in five citizens in the European Union has a high level of financial literacy.

Ľuboš Blaha

• American authorities killed two protesting people in Minneapolis.
• German ancestors murdered tens of millions of Slavs

Ľudovít Ódor

• In 2025, Europe had 331 unicorns, compared with almost 2,000 in the United States.
• Among the world's 50 largest companies by market capitalisation, only one is European.
• Since 2008, nearly 30% of European unicorns have relocated their headquarters outside the EU.
• Venture capital investment in Europe amounts to around EUR 30 billion, compared with USD 177 billion in the United State
• No company with a valuation over 500 billion dollars was created from scratch in the last 50 years.