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MEPs whose initial is “M” · 83 MEPs

Magdalena Adamowicz

• The Baltic Sea is warming twice as fast as the average of the world's oceans.
• Tens of thousands of chemical weapons from World War II lie on the bottom of the Baltic Sea.
• Poland repels hundreds of thousands of Russian cyberattacks every year.
• For years, the EU cut fishing quotas for Baltic cod and herring, hoping to rebuild the stocks.
• Baltic cod and herring stocks have not recovered despite years of EU quota cuts.
• The Baltic Sea suffers from dead zones, oxygen depletion, and chemical and agricultural pollution flowing into the sea.

Magnus Brunner

• Illegal migration in the European Union decreased by 55% over the last two years.
• On the Western Balkan route, illegal migration decreased by 90% over the last three years.
• Slightly more than 25% of people with no right to stay in the EU are actually returned.
• The EU currently has sanctions on 21 individuals and 3 entities.
• Carlos Brenes Sánchez and his wife were sentenced to 15 years in prison for alleged treason.
• Aliaksandra Pulinovich was arrested in January 2024 at the age of 16 and later sentenced to more than ten years in priso
• More than 860 political prisoners are detained in Belarus.

Majbritt Birkholm

• Denmark sent 40,000 requests through Europol's SIENA secure information exchange system last year under its parallel agr

Malik Azmani

• Irregular crossings at EU external borders decreased by 26% in 2025
• Approximately 28% of third country nationals without legal right to remain in the EU are actually returned to their coun

Malika Sorel

• Mistral AI, founded by Arthur Mensch, raised 3 billion while its smallest American competitor raised 30 billion.

Manfred Weber

• Apple's current market capitalization is as large as the combined market capitalization of all German corporations.
• The United States invests six times as much as the European Union in artificial intelligence.
• The European Union has a GDP of 18 trillion EUR.
• The European Union has finalised a EUR 90 billion loan for Ukraine.
• The EU's trade deficit with China amounts to EUR 1 billion per day, or EUR 360 billion annually.
• One in three children has been bullied online, and one in three of these bullied children never reports it due to fear o
• Reports of online child sexual abuse material increased from 1 million in 2010 to 20 million in 2026.
• Reports of online child sexual abuse material went from 1 million in 2010 to 20 million today, and AI-generated new mate
• Europe hosts 60% of the world's online child sexual abuse material, making it the global hotspot.

Manon Aubry

• In 21 European States, conversion therapies are still possible
• Over 1.2 million people have signed a European Citizens' Initiative
• Bombs killed 150 young Iranian women in the Minab school.
• In Lebanon, more than 750,000 people, including 200,000 children, had to flee to survive.
• Gasoline prices exceed two euros per liter.
• 90% of sexist and sexual violence are committed by husbands, brothers and friends and have no religious affiliation
• ICE killed at least 30 people in one year.
• The United States withdrew from 31 United Nations organizations.
• More than one million EU citizens have signed a European citizens' initiative demanding the suspension of the EU-Israel
• Twelve children are killed or injured each day in Lebanon, with an increase since the 17 April ceasefire.
• More than one million EU citizens demand the suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement.
• The richest 1% of the world's population emits as much CO2 as the poorest two-thirds of humanity.
• 100 companies are responsible for 70% of global CO2 emissions.

Manuela Ripa

• Worldwide, around 80 million children have no access to primary education.

Maravillas Abadía Jover

• In the European Union, youth unemployment is around 15%.
• Every year infringement cases against Member States increase for failing to apply what they themselves have approved.
• The Spanish government had to be threatened with the Court of Justice to announce that it will apply the VAT exemption f

Marc Angel

• Both the Commission President and the European Council declared 2028 as the deadline to complete the single market
• Millions of mobile workers and migrant workers are affected by subcontracting chains.
• The last EU Member State to completely abolish the death penalty did so in 2012
• Hungary experienced 16 years of authoritarian capture under the Orbán government.

Marc Botenga

• The European Commission's budget for air taxi/private jet travel has increased by 50% over a few years and now stands at
• A private jet emits between 5 and 40 times more CO2 than a commercial flight.
• Large oil multinationals in Europe make 80 million euros in superprofits per day.
• Total has made almost 6 billion euros in total.
• there are more than a million Lebanese in flight.
• In the region, Haiti has a life expectancy 15 years lower than Cuba.
• Almost 100 million Europeans are at risk of poverty.
• Saudi Arabia executes hundreds of people every year.
• Israel's trade with the European Union accounts for 30% of its total trade.
• Niger has hundreds of thousands of tonnes of uranium.
• The European Investment Bank approved over one billion euros of projects in Israel involving companies blacklisted by th
• 1,222 people died in Belgium because of the heat.
• Tax avoidance and tax evasion in the European Union currently amount to up to 200 billion euros, according to conservati

Marc Jongen

• In Germany, 60% of men and almost half of women are overweight.
• School quality in Germany has been declining dramatically since 2015.

Marcin Sypniewski

• Ukraine is positioned between Gambia and Sri Lanka in the world corruption ranking
• In 1990, one-third of electricity in Europe was produced from nuclear power, today it is only 15%.
• The fund is voluntary, and almost nobody has contributed money to it.
• Worldwide coal consumption is increasing.
• Nigeria ranks 7th in the Open Doors World Watch List ranking of Christian persecution and is the country where the most
• Another 1,400 Christians were murdered in Nigeria between January and April 2026, according to the same report.
• According to a European Center for Law and Justice report, more than 7,000 Christians were murdered in Nigeria in the fi
• Sharia law applies in 12 northern states of Nigeria.

Marco Squarta

• European families are facing increasingly heavy utility bills.

Marcos Ros Sempere

• The objectives of the energy transition establish that EUR 660 billion annually are needed until 2030 and EUR 695 billio
• The European Investment Bank (EIB) has committed to mobilizing EUR 75 billion in three years.
• One in six children in the European Union claim to have suffered cyberbullying.

Margarita De La Pisa Carrión

• In Spain, rapes have increased by 288% since Sanchez's mandate began.
• At least twenty-seven people were killed in Jos, Nigeria on Palm Sunday.
• Christians are the most persecuted religion in the world
• The concepts of gender, climate, Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals are not included in the Charter of Fu

Maria Grapini

• In Romania, pensions are 400 euros and salaries are 800 euros
• In Romania, overcrowding in housing is the highest
• In Europe we have higher energy prices than in the United States and China.
• In Eastern countries energy is even more expensive than in Western countries, although purchasing power is lower.
• The interest rate in Romania is three times higher than in eurozone states
• Citizens and small entrepreneurs in Romania pay four times more interest than in eurozone states
• 1.2 million children in Romania are excluded from social inclusion
• Romania loses 1.5 million inhabitants in a decade
• 70% of generic drugs treat the population.
• The EU livestock sector ranks second globally in meat production, after China and ahead of the United States
• Women represent over 50% of the population in the majority of EU member states
• Hundreds of thousands of steel industry jobs have been lost in the European Union.
• Figures show that 80% of care workers are women.
• In Romania, there have been 90 attacks near the border, 47 drones have fallen, with 12 of them in 2026.
• The textile industry pays higher customs duties on raw materials than on finished products.
• The European Investment Bank reached a historic record of 100 billion euros in new investments.

Maria Guzenina

• Finland is currently number one in European unemployment statistics
• Women still earn 16 percent less than men in Finland
• Finland has lowered the aftercare age for foster children from 25 to 23.
• Finland shares a 1,300 kilometre border with Russia

Maria Noichl

• Husbands and steady partners are the main group of perpetrators of sexual violence.

Maria Ohisalo

• Work-related psychosocial risks are linked to 840,000 deaths per year globally according to ILO estimates.
• People spend an average of 37 years of their lives at work.
• 93 million people in the EU are at risk of poverty or social exclusion.
• Over one million people in the EU are homeless, including 400,000 children.
• Finland has the highest unemployment rate in Europe.
• According to the Commission's own estimate, making Europe heatwave proof would cost €70 billion per year.
• The five biggest fossil fuel companies (TotalEnergies, BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell) together generate roughly €8 t
• More than 200,000 people have died from heat in Europe over the past four years.
• Temperatures exceeded 30°C this week in cities across Europe.

Maria Walsh

• It will take 123 years to achieve gender equality.
• 3.7 million people who identify as Irish are legally American citizens.
• 41% of Irish women experienced physical or sexual violence in 2025.
• Gisèle Pelicot was raped an estimated 92 times over the course of a decade.
• 31% of women in the European Union have experienced physical or sexual violence according to 2025 data.
• Over 400 charges and summons have been issued since Coco's Law was introduced in Ireland.

Maria Zacharia

• In Greece women continue today to be paid on average about 13.4% less than men
• In some sectors in Greece the pay gap reaches even 25%
• Among the 90 targets of the Predator surveillance system were a then-active MEP with access to European Parliament docum
• 201 workers were killed at work in Greece last year
• Among the targets of the Predator surveillance in Greece were an S&D MEP, ministers participating in the Council of the
• In Greece, over 500,000 animals have been culled in the name of disease management.

Marianne Vind

• Every day, nine people in the EU do not return home to their families due to workplace fatalities.
• Poor working environment costs Denmark around 50 billion kroner per year.

Mariateresa Vivaldini

• According to Eurobarometer, the skills gap is increasing
• 43% of SMEs have difficulty finding specialized staff

Marie Dauchy

• Silicon metal was excluded from the steel safeguard protections.
• The DS Smith cardboard factory in Valgelon-La Rochette closed.

Marie Toussaint

• Less than half of the funding from the PCI list is planned for electrification
• More than 93 million Europeans in 2026 are affected by poverty.
• Poverty, lack of training, and poor housing are increasing while employment rates rise
• EU member states can import cadmium-containing fertilizers from any origin without a deadline.
• 93 million people live in a situation of precariousness in Europe today
• In France, 423 workers under 25 have died at work since 2020.
• Over 100,000 people die each year in Europe due to chemical risks at work, mainly from cancer.
• In France, over 100,000 workers under 25 have been injured at work since 2020.
• Multinationals ArcelorMittal or ThyssenKrupp received more free allowances than their actual emissions.
• Heatwaves have killed 200,000 people in Europe in four years.

Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann

• The Indian economy has 1.5 billion people and is the fourth largest in the world
• The Mercosur agreement will create a market for 700 million people.

Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain

• France's bioeconomy represents 2 million jobs.
• France's bioeconomy generates 300 billion euros in turnover per year.

Marieke Ehlers

• Pim Fortuyn was shot dead on the street by a GroenLinks sympathizer who walks free today as a free man.
• For more than twenty years, party leader Geert Wilders has lived under heavy protection at a secret address.
• Return fails in four out of five cases (80% failure rate)

Marilena Raouna

• The Council received proposals for eight Member States to receive SAFE loans.
• The EU budget error rate decreased by two percentage points in 2024
• The Court of Auditors issued an unfavourable opinion on EU expenditure for the sixth consecutive year
• Russia has forcibly transferred an estimated 20,000 Ukrainian children, many of whom have been forced to change their id
• International efforts have led to around 2,100 of the deported Ukrainian children being returned to Ukraine.
• The EU has paved the way to provide Ukraine with a support loan of EUR 90 billion for 2026 and 2027.
• The Council adopted the 20th sanctions package against Russia last week.
• The resilience and growth plan announced in 2024 is worth EUR 270 million, representing double the previous funding for
• Armenia is the only country currently engaged in a visa liberalisation action plan with the EU, adopted in November 2025
• The second assistance measure under the European Peace Facility was adopted in January 2026, now totalling EUR 30 millio
• The Council decided last week to establish the European Union partnership mission in Armenia as a civilian non-executive
• The European Union delivered a EUR 90 billion loan to Ukraine.
• The European Union delivered the 20th sanctions package.
• The European Commission proposed a new cybersecurity package at the end of January 2026.
• Under the AI Act, enforcement of transparency, documentation and risk mitigation requirements for the most powerful AI m
• Two serious drone incursion incidents occurred in Romania in recent months.
• On 15 June 2026, three Intergovernmental Conferences (IGCs) were held in one day; the third was for Montenegro, and the
• The Cypriot Presidency's negotiating box on the Multiannual Financial Framework includes a moderate cut of 2% compared t

Marina Mesure

• Fuel prices at the pump exceed 2 euros per litre.
• Worldwide, 3 million people die from work-related causes each year.
• In Europe, work-related mortality is increasing in 12 countries.
• France has the highest work-related mortality rate in Europe.
• Following the removal of the main prevention bodies, work-related deaths increased by 44%.
• France spends EUR 60 billion annually on fossil fuel imports.
• 50,000 jobs have been destroyed in the automotive industry in France since 2017.
• Transport accounts for 30% of France's greenhouse gas emissions.

Mario Mantovani

• Italy is under infringement proceedings for the Transport directive but the digital protocols arrived from Brussels clos
• The Green Homes directive blocks subsidies for gas boilers but the criteria to define a hybrid boiler as ecological do n
• The Energy Efficiency directive imposes savings but without the coefficients to calculate them.
• There are 25 million micro-enterprises in the European Union, and they generate 20% of EU GDP.
• Microenterprises generate 20% of the EU's GDP.
• Bank loans to the smallest enterprises in the EU have fallen by 37% since 2011.

Marion Maréchal

• This is almost as many as Islamist jihadism.
• Nearly 75% of Venezuela's population fell below the poverty threshold.
• Venezuela is among the countries with the largest oil reserves in the world.
• French Guiana hosts one of the largest European space bases.
• The immigrant population in Europe stands at 64.2 million, nearly as many as the population of metropolitan France.
• In 2024, the European Union issued 3.5 million first residence permits to third-country nationals.
• The EU's automotive trade balance with China went from a surplus of 23 billion euros in 2019 to a deficit of 6 billion e
• The EU's automotive trade balance with China swung from a €23 billion surplus in 2019 to a €6 billion deficit.

Marion Walsmann

• For German sheep farmers, revenue from wool accounts for less than 2% of their income.

Marit Maij

• Russia has deported and forcibly transferred 20,000 Ukrainian children.
• 70% of girls who become pregnant at a young age stop school early.
• The Netherlands is one of the few countries that applies a youth minimum wage
• Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao lie 30-80 km off the coast of Venezuela
• Although half of the population is female, only one third of companies are founded by women
• The gender pay gap in the European Union is 10%.
• Women perform 80% of all unpaid care work in the European Union.
• There have been more than 1,500 confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, with more than
• Globally, 300 million people are in need of humanitarian aid.

Mariusz Kamiński

• The prosecutor charged Commissioner Didier Reynders with money laundering during the period when he held office as Commi
• He has been held in a communist prison for five years
• Lithuania is prosecuting six Cubans accused of carrying out sabotage on its territory
• There are over 1,200 political prisoners held in horrific conditions in Cuban prisons.
• 70% of goods exports from Transnistria go to the European market.

Marjan Šarec

• Montenegro remains the leading candidate in the EU enlargement process.
• Montenegro is fully aligned with the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy.
• Montenegro has closed 16 out of 33 negotiation chapters as of 15 June 2026.

Marko Vešligaj

• In Croatia in 2026 women earn on average 13% less than men
• For pensions the gap is even larger and amounts to more than 23%
• In Europe, real estate constitutes 57% of household net wealth
• 25% of property owners in the Union have multiple properties
• Around 30% of Europeans believe they will never be able to afford their own home
• The average price of a square meter of housing is as much as 3,600 euros
• Annually, one in three women in the world experiences physical or sexual violence.
• Women still earn about 20% less than men.
• More than 700 women die daily due to complications in pregnancy and childbirth.
• Over 9 million agricultural holdings operate in the European Union, and more than 93% of them are family farms
• More than 93% of agricultural holdings in the European Union are family farms
• Farmers often receive 20% to 25% of the final retail price of products
• According to UNESCO data, 250 million children currently lack access and do not attend school, and over 600 million cann
• In Croatia, 21.7% of the population lives at risk of poverty or social exclusion
• The package includes 100% co-financing for the prevention of this disease.
• Agricultural production in Croatia has fallen by 50 million EUR
• Croatia received 7.5 billion euros from European funds in the last 13 years.
• Agricultural production in Croatia fell by 25% over the last 13 years.
• In the latest case from Croatia, 670,000 euros were embezzled.
• According to the latest European Commission report, Zagreb is at 131% of the EU average while Pannonian Croatia is at 52

Markus Buchheit

• 14-year-olds are already able to change their gender
• 80% of global solar cell value creation takes place in China.

Markus Ferber

• The IMF calculated that remaining barriers in the EU single market act like a tariff of 44% on goods and 110% on service

Marlena Maląg

• In France, more than half of reported nitrous oxide poisoning cases concerned serious neurological problems.
• For many years, record low interest rates drove speculation in the housing market
• The first plane carrying beef from Mercosur has landed in Europe.
• The European Social Fund amounts to about 142 billion euros.

Maroš Šefčovič

• The EU-Mercosur agreement will connect over 700 million consumers
• The Commission proposed EUR 6.3 billion in the new Multiannual Financial Framework as a safety net to support farmers
• Member States have access to EUR 45 billion that can be mobilised immediately to support farmers and rural communities u
• 85% of traded goods are transported by ships
• Electricity represents less than a quarter of final energy consumption in the European Union, which is less than in the
• Irregular arrivals to the European Union are decreasing.
• The European Union has adopted 21 packages of sanctions against Russia.
• The trade deficit between the EU and China is growing unsustainably.
• The EU-US trade relationship is the largest in the world.
• Mutual trade between the EU and the US increased over the last year.
• EU-US mutual trade now exceeds USD 2 trillion.
• Mutual investment between the EU and the US is now USD 6 trillion.
• Millions of jobs depend on the EU-US trade relationship.
• More than 700,000 EU companies export beyond the EU's borders.
• EU exports support more than 30 million jobs across the Union.
• EU exports contribute to almost half of the European Union's GDP.
• The EU has 45 free trade agreements with 81 countries, covering more than half of its trade.
• EU-Mexico bilateral trade in goods increased by 330% over the last 25 years.
• Trade accounts for almost half of the European Union's GDP.
• The European Union is the world's largest trader when goods and services are combined.
• The EU ran a trade deficit with China of EUR 1 billion per day in 2025.
• The first disbursement of the EUR 6 billion EU defence package supporting drone procurement for Ukraine was made.
• A first tranche of EUR 3.2 billion from the EUR 90 billion Ukrainian support loan was disbursed.
• The EU is the world's largest trader of goods and services, ahead of China and the United States.
• More than 700,000 EU companies benefit from trade, and over 80% of them are SMEs.
• Trade by EU companies supports more than 30 million jobs.
• The European Council adopted conclusions agreed by all 27 member states in June 2026, the first time this had happened s

Marta Kos

• Turkey currently hosts 2.3 million refugees.
• Turkey ranks as the EU's fifth-largest trading partner, with a trade volume nearly double that with Mercosur or India.
• Trade barriers between the EU and Turkey have been reduced from 26 in 2021 to 14 at present.
• According to the 2025 EU Perception Survey, 91% of Albanian citizens support EU membership.
• According to the 2025 EU Perception Survey, 65% of citizens in Bosnia and Herzegovina support EU membership.
• According to the 2025 EU Perception Survey, 64% of Montenegrin citizens support EU membership.
• According to the 2025 EU Perception Survey, 69% of citizens in North Macedonia support EU membership.
• According to the 2025 EU Perception Survey, 33% of Serbian citizens support EU membership.
• Good or some progress has been recorded in 27 out of 33 EU accession negotiating chapters assessed for Ukraine.

Marta Temido

• At least 40% of all cancer cases could be prevented with adequate measures
• OECD data shows that between 2000 and 2022, cancer incidence in European women rose 10% and jumped 16% in young women be
• More than 700 Palestinians were killed since the beginning of the peace plan application
• El-Obeid shelters a population of half a million inhabitants, plus a number of internally displaced people, and has been

Marta Wcisło

• The railway infrastructure at Małaszewicze dates from the 1970s.
• In September 2025, during massive Russian drone attacks, some drones fell on Polish territory.
• Unemployment in the eastern Polish border region is the highest in Poland and among the highest in Europe.

Martin Günther

• Electricity prices in Spain have fallen by 75% since 2019 due to wind and solar expansion.
• German LNG terminals are utilized at less than half capacity.
• Temperatures in Europe are rising twice as fast as the global average.
• Every year more than 175,000 people in Europe die from the effects of extreme heat.
• 57 corporations produce 80% of all global CO2 emissions.
• The richest 1% of the world population emit as much CO2 as the poorest two-thirds of the population combined.
• Exxon reported a profit increase of 5 billion in the first quarter of the year.

Martin Häusling

• Antibiotic use in animal fattening is higher than in human medicine.

Martin Schirdewan

• The US Supreme Court has ruled that the EU-US trade deal has no legal basis
• In Germany alone, excessive rents drive up to 18 million people into housing poverty
• Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume earns more than 10 million euros per year.
• Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume receives more than 10 million euros per year in compensation.

Martin Sonneborn

• Subscriptions to RTL, DAZN, Sky and Amazon together cost almost 1,000 EUR per year.

Mary Khan

• 70 percent of violent crimes in Germany against politicians are directed against the AfD.
• The Aschaffenburg attack occurred on January 22, 2025
• Eurojust's drug-related case numbers rose by 60% in just five years.
• The EU has overtaken the United States as the world's largest cocaine market.
• Over 70% of Europe's most dangerous criminal networks use corruption to influence authorities and port personnel.
• More than half of Europe's most dangerous criminal networks are involved in drug smuggling.
• Two thirds of Europe's most dangerous criminal networks use violence.

Massimiliano Salini

• After winter, gas reserves are at approximately 30%.
• At the European TTF market today, the megawatt-hour costs approximately 70 euros.
• Compared to twenty years ago, the EU has lost more than a third of its GDP relative to the United States.
• The ETS (Emissions Trading System) adds 25 euros per megawatt hour to the cost of energy.
• Today the European Union still imports around 14% of its energy from Russia.
• Electric vehicles reached a 20% penetration rate in European car sales in May 2026.

Matej Tonin

• The difference between the first and second party is less than one percent
• Our electricity prices were found to be higher than the competition in the USA or China.
• Ukraine has reached 84% implementation of the EU–Ukraine Association Agreement.

Mathilde Androuët

• In 2024, reports revealed the disappearance of more than 50,000 missing migrant children over three years
• 5.6 million square meters of unoccupied offices
• In France, housing represents 30% of constrained expenses
• 89% of female migrants suffer sexual violence and rape during their migration journey.
• In France, there are nearly 20,000 minor prostitutes.
• There are nearly 100 million carers in Europe.
• A six-day heatwave in June in France caused 2,025 deaths.

Matteo Ricci

• The Parliament proposal allows passengers to carry free hand luggage trolleys up to 100 centimetres.

Matthias Ecke

• Since 1990, extreme right-wing violence has cost approximately 50 times as many lives as left-wing violence in Germany.
• The long-term trend is clear - the wage share is falling
• Currently, only three-fifths (60%) of generated wealth goes to the people who earn it
• The extradition to Hungary was illegal, as determined by the Federal Constitutional Court.
• Over 500 workers lost their jobs in Liège, Belgium following the insolvency of the steel company Liberty Steel.
• The European Parliament will vote on the release of EUR 2 million from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to sup
• Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Thuringia, Germany, at the weekend against the AfD party congress.

Matthieu Valet

• Three ports (Antwerp, Rotterdam, and Algeciras) together account for 70% of these seizures
• Nearly one million people in France were victims of data theft or leaks over the last two years.
• The number of minors prosecuted for murders, assassinations, fatal blows, and aggravated voluntary violence increased by
• One in five people arrested with a weapon is a minor in France.
• Six out of ten juvenile delinquents re-offend within five years of their final conviction in France.
• Nearly a quarter of burglaries involve minors in France.
• Nearly a third of those arrested after the riots following the death of Nahel in 2023 were minors in France.
• The sovereignty of Kosovo is not recognized by five EU member states.

Małgorzata Gosiewska

• President Saakashvili has been in prison for the fifth year.
• According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, over 2,500 people have died since March 2
• Poverty levels are rising in EU member states.
• More than 800 political prisoners in Belarus are subjected to regular torture.
• Polish journalist Leszek Krasowski was arrested for three months in retaliation for reporting a scandal involving a lead
• Almost 140 million children work worldwide.
• 54 million children worldwide perform hazardous work.
• Around 73 million unborn children die annually as a result of abortion worldwide.

Michael Bloss

• We import oil and gas for 400 billion euros every year.
• Spain has the lowest energy prices in Europe.
• Italy has the highest energy prices in Europe.
• The EU has a daily trade deficit of 1 billion euros with China.
• All EU countries now export more to Switzerland than to China, with 8 million Swiss residents outperforming 1.4 billion
• Europe loses 1,000 industrial jobs every day.
• Last year, the EU spent EUR 420 billion on fossil fuel imports, equivalent to approximately EUR 1,000 per citizen.
• Sales of combustion-engine vehicles have fallen by 30% since 2017.
• In Germany, more electric cars than petrol cars are currently sold.
• Electric car sales in Europe are growing at a rate of 40%.

Michael Gahler

• 90 billion euros were raised on the capital market

Michael McGrath

• The Court of Justice issued a ruling last week finding that a Hungarian law stigmatising and marginalising LGBTIQ+ perso
• This is the first time ever that the Court of Justice has concluded that a national law breaches Article 2 of the Treaty
• The EU's children's participation platform has already given thousands of children a voice in policymaking.
• The Court of Justice recently ruled that Hungary's anti-LGBTIQ law violated internal market legislation, several fundame
• The Political Advertising Regulation bans political advertisements by non-EU country sponsors during the three months le
• The European Centre for Democratic Resilience started its activities in February 2026.
• Electricity accounts for 23% of Europe's energy consumption, and this share has remained stagnant for years.
• China and Japan are approaching an electrification rate of 30% and higher.
• More than 500,000 electric cars were registered in the EU in the first quarter of 2026.
• Combined sales of residential heat pumps in France, Germany and Poland surpassed 400,000 units in Q1 2026, a 25% increas
• Heat pump sales in France, Germany and Poland increased by 25% in Q1 2026 compared to Q1 2025.
• Renewable and nuclear sources account for 70% of the EU's electricity mix.
• The registration of more than 500,000 electric cars in Q1 2026 reduces the EU's oil consumption by 2 million barrels per

Michael Mcnamara

• Amnesty International recorded 2,707 executions in Iran in 2025, an increase of 78% from 2024.
• Since the US and Israel attacked Iran on 28 February, the UN has verified the execution of at least 32 political prisone
• 47 of those executed in Iran in 2025 were for politically motivated charges, according to Amnesty International.
• The average time for a first instance decision on asylum applications in Ireland is 14 months.
• In 2025, Ireland spent €1.2 billion on accommodation for asylum seekers and €8.5 million on appeals.
• Ireland is spending EUR 293 million on its EU Council presidency, including EUR 135,000 for wool scarves.
• Ireland is spending EUR 293 million on its EU Council Presidency.

Michael Von Der Schulenburg

• The US-Iran war lasted four months before an agreement was reached.

Michalis Hadjipantela

• Cyprus has been living with the consequences of the illegal Turkish invasion for 52 years
• One third of Cyprus continues to be under occupation
• Turkey has occupied the northern part of the Republic of Cyprus for 52 years.
• Cross-border VAT fraud deprives tens of billions of euros from European and national budgets.

Michał Dworczyk

• Poland accepted thousands of American soldiers.
• Poland invested hundreds of millions of euros in infrastructure.
• Aliaksandra Pulinovich, 16 years old at the time of her arrest, was sentenced to more than ten years in a penal colony.

Michał Kobosko

• Ukraine's economy is in deep crisis with negative GDP
• Russia and Belarus have been conducting nuclear military exercises since yesterday (18 May 2026).
• Data of hundreds of thousands of citizens leaked in Lithuania as a result of a cyberattack.

Michał Szczerba

• Every day, USD 4.5 billion worth of goods and services are traded between the EU and the US.
• In 2025, the EU and US achieved a record-high trade turnover.
• The EU and the US remain each other's most important source of overseas affiliate income.
• The SAFE instrument and EUR 44 billion which were obtained under this program.
• On the night of September 9-10 last year, Poland experienced a massive drone incursion into its airspace.
• The US operation regarding Nicolás Maduro was carried out on 3 January
• OLAF investigation confirmed price inflation, nepotism and defraudation estimated at 91 million euros.
• Funds for military mobility will increase tenfold
• 18 billion euros are secured for military mobility under the new Connecting Europe instrument
• There are 845 political prisoners in Belarus, according to the Viasna Center.
• Poland fully utilized the SAFE loan project, investing 44 billion euros in the domestic defence industry.
• According to the report presented in the debate, Moldova has made the greatest progress among candidate countries in pre

Michał Wawrykiewicz

• The ICC prosecutor is investigating allegations of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide committed on the ter
• The law allows imprisonment for six months for criticizing the law.
• Pegasus spyware was used by EU member states and non-EU countries, particularly in Poland and Hungary, as stated in the

Michele Picaro

• Italy has recognized obesity as a disease by law.
• The European Parliament will today vote on the position on the multiannual financial framework of 1,788 billion euros
• We strongly claim the results obtained: a strong, independent CAP of approximately 385 billion euros
• Cohesion policy exceeding 274 billion euros
• The idea of new European taxes for 60 billion euros per year risks hitting businesses and growth

Mieke Andriese

• Netherlands fuel taxes are among the highest in Europe and far above the EU minimum.
• 90 billion euros have been allocated to Ukraine
• The report advocates for a permanent EU seat on the UN Security Council.

Mika Aaltola

• The Strait of Hormuz has been blocked for over a month
• There are over 800 high-risk criminal networks in Europe.

Milan Mazurek

• 15 years ago, the EU economy was the same size as the US economy; today the US economy is 1.5 times larger.
• The most used name for newborns in Western Europe is Mohamed.
• The largest mosque is being built in Strasbourg, France.
• The European Union has the highest fuel and energy prices in the world.

Milan Uhrík

• Fuel prices in Germany, France and the West are already more than 2 euros per liter
• The European Parliament adopted a resolution allowing 16-year-old children to vote in European elections.
• China produces around five million engineers every year.
• EU greenhouse gas emissions decreased by about 40% compared with 1990 levels.

Mireia Borrás Pabón

• Yesterday thousands of farmers and ranchers demonstrated in Madrid in a historic march
• The wine sector contributes EUR 130 billion to the European economy.
• In 2024 wine consumption fell to the lowest level since 1961.
• Europe has lost almost 40% of its farmers in twenty years
• Fertilizing agricultural land costs farmers 70% more than two years ago.
• European producers pay 15 times more CO2 tax per euro than foreign competitors.
• More than 60% of European companies indicate hyperregulation as a direct barrier to entry for investment.
• In 2025 the European Investment Bank provided Morocco with 740 million euros, its highest annual amount since 2012.
• Five days before the debate, EIB President Nadia Calviño signed 365 million euros in additional financing for roads and
• Spain is the European country with the most train derailments, more than France, Germany and Poland combined.
• In January 2026 a train derailment in Adamuz, Spain, caused by rail infrastructure deficiencies, killed 46 people.
• Spain concentrates 40% of the wildfires of the whole European Union.
• One in six fishing jobs in the EU has disappeared since 2017, according to the Commission's first social report.
• Only one in four EU fishermen is under 40 years old.
• Seven out of ten fish consumed in the EU come from outside the EU.
• Morocco has nearly 17,000 artisanal fishing vessels, 370% more than in 1980.

Miriam Lexmann

• About 12 million packages from online platforms arrive at EU borders daily.

Mirosława Nykiel

• Women worldwide dedicate 16 billion hours daily to unpaid care work.
• The lack of valuation of unpaid care costs the European Union 390 billion euros annually.
• In some countries, the value of unpaid care work exceeds 40% of GDP.
• Poland was the first country in the world to recognise Ukraine's independence, on 2 December 1991.

Mohammed Chahim

• The EU spends hundreds of billions of euros on fossil fuel imports with no additional gas or oil supplies.
• The prices of solar, wind and battery technologies in Europe are decreasing.

Monika Beňová

• In 2024, emergency interventions for managing overloaded electricity networks cost approximately 4.3 billion euros.

Monika Hohlmeier

• The Orbán government wants a loan of 16 billion EUR from the SAFE programme.
• In 2023, the EU Commission stopped payments of over 20 billion EUR due to serious rule of law violations.
• At the beginning of 2024, Viktor Orbán released roughly 10 billion EUR for his purposes.
• Recently in 2024, Hungary took a loan of 1 billion EUR from China.
• According to public sources, China holds one quarter of Hungary's foreign debt.
• A cyberattack at CEPOL affected 99,000 individuals

Moritz Körner

• The population of the European Union consists of 450 million citizens.

Mounir Satouri

• The report strongly condemns Russia for its war of aggression against Ukraine.

Murielle Laurent

• The number of children out of school worldwide could soon reach 278 million.
• Currently, the number of irregular arrivals in the European Union is at its lowest level since 2021.
• In May 2024, he was kidnapped by the Wagner Group
• According to the latest UN report, at least 30% of gang members in Haiti are children
• More than 500,000 minors in Haiti live under the control of armed groups
• In a few months, more than a hundred civil society organizations were dissolved and hundreds of associations were suspen
• In 2025, international financing of humanitarian aid reached its lowest level in ten years.
• Tens of thousands of people have died in Sudan's conflict, where millions of children face famine and displaced populati

Mélissa Camara

• There were 32 deaths in immigration detention in the United States in 2025, and at least 9 shooting victims in four mont
• In France, 94,000 women are victims of rape or attempted rape each year

Mārtiņš Staķis

• The International Drone Coalition led by Latvia provides Ukraine with funding of one billion.
• A Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv on the night of Monday 6 July 2026 killed 28 people and wounded dozens.