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MEPs whose initial is “P” · 28 MEPs

Pablo Arias Echeverría

• Public procurement represents around 15% of the European Union's GDP.
• One in four minors in Europe has a relationship with their smartphone that resembles an addiction.
• According to the IMF, internal barriers resulting from Member State protectionism are equivalent to a tariff of 45% for
• More than nine out of ten Europeans want action to be taken on protecting minors online.
• Fifteen years ago the EU represented 21% of world GDP; today it represents less than 15%, and the trend according to the

Paolo Borchia

• The flow of Moroccan tomato imports to the EU quadrupled over the last twenty years.
• The electrification rate in the EU has reached 23%, an increase of 2 percentage points over the last ten years.
• EU gas storage levels are at their minimum of the last fifteen years, with pressure on prices.
• Europe is the tail light (last) regarding competitiveness and GDP compared to all other advanced economies.
• Energy costs two to three times more in the Eurozone than in the United States or Asia.
• In the last two months of 2025, Morocco covered over 70% of the EU's extra-EU tomato imports.
• 4 out of 5 expelled persons are not actually repatriated.
• Sixteen EU member states have stalled projects totalling 120 gigawatt-hours in grid connection queues.
• The European Union ranks last in GDP generation among the world's advanced economic regions.
• Industrial production in the Eurozone has plummeted.

Paolo Inselvini

• The war has caused more than 2,000 civilian deaths in a few months
• The war has caused 1,000,000 displaced persons
• Italy reached an 85% packaging recycling rate, building an excellent supply chain of companies that invested and innovat

Pascal Arimont

• 2025 was the most destructive wildfire year in EU history, with more than 1 million hectares burned.
• Already 1,000 wildfires were registered in Europe in 2026, almost twice the average of recent decades.
• The European Commission pre-positioned more than 800 firefighters from 14 countries in high-risk areas of Southern Europ
• Twelve purchased firefighting planes are only a beginning for the EU fleet.

Pascal Canfin

• For the first time last year, the EU imported more Chinese cars and machine tools than it exported European cars and mac
• Last year, for the first time, EU imports of Chinese cars and machine tools exceeded EU exports of European cars and mac
• Last year, for the first time, all European Union countries recorded a trade deficit with China, including Germany.

Pasquale Tridico

• Two out of three electronic transactions in Europe rely on non-European infrastructure
• Italy's national spending deviation adds €14 billion more this year.

Patryk Jaki

• A US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee report revealed that hundreds of people paid by Europeans were involve
• Energy prices in the European Union have risen by 100% during Ursula von der Leyen's term as Commission President.
• Energy in Europe is 4-5 times more expensive than in the United States, and energy-intensive industry production fell by
• In 2008, the EU's GDP was over 100% of US GDP; today it is around 65%.
• Live ammunition was used against 1500 protesters during the so-called 'bloody November' in Iran
• Since the ETS introduction, average energy prices for families increased by more than 200%.
• When the ETS was introduced, the average wholesale electricity price in Europe was EUR 30-40 per MWh. Today it is EUR 85
• Electricity prices are twice as high as in the United States and 90% higher than in China.
• Energy-intensive industry production fell by 15% since 2021.
• 551 demonstrators were killed during protests following Mahsa Amini's death, including 68 children and 49 women
• Organizations reported over 53,000 people detained in Iran in 2026
• Energy prices for an average European family have doubled since the introduction of the ETS.
• Coal energy is up to 6 times cheaper than the energy sources proposed by the current majority
• Brazil uses 393 pesticides, most of which are not approved in the European Union
• The EU's share of the world economy is regularly declining.
• Production of investment goods in industry fell by nearly 9% and continues to worsen.
• Global CO2 emissions have increased every year since the introduction of the EU's climate policy.
• Iran carried out 975 executions in 2024, many of whom were protesters accused of enmity against God
• According to Eurostat, 1.5 million companies declared insolvency or bankruptcy during this period.
• Energy prices in Europe are 100% higher than they were before.
• Today, per capita income in the United States is twice as high as in Europe.
• When the ETS was introduced, allowance costs were EUR 15 per ton. Today they are EUR 67 per ton, i.e., over 250% more.
• A journalistic investigation based on data from 19 countries estimated that 200 million COVID-19 vaccine doses worth 4 b
• 20,000 people were arrested during protests following Mahsa Amini's death
• When the ETS was introduced, allowance costs were about 15 euros per tonne; today they are 65 euros per tonne, an increa
• Youth unemployment in the European Union stood at 14.3% at the time of the Commission President's earlier address.
• When the ETS was introduced, the average household electricity price was about 12 eurocents per kWh. Today it is 29 euro

Paulius Saudargas

• Lithuania recorded nearly 4,000 cyber incidents in 2025, averaging 10 attacks per day.
• Lithuania's fintech sector grew from its beginnings in 2018 to over 250 companies by 2025.
• Five thousand major cyber-incidents were recorded across Europe in 2025.
• In 2024, the United States produced 40 notable AI models, China produced 15 and Europe produced only three.
• Lithuania recorded a 63% increase in cyber incidents in 2025 compared to previous years.
• Authorities in Lithuania recorded nearly 4,000 cyber incidents in 2025.
• More than 600,000 records from Lithuania's centre of registers were unlawfully accessed, including personal identificati

Paulo Cunha

• Approximately 80% of electricity produced in Portugal in 2025 came from renewable sources.
• Today, approximately 75% of Portugal's electricity is renewable.

Paulo Do Nascimento Cabral

• Women work between 54 and 67 days for free per year compared to men
• The number of rural fires in Portugal increased by 6.7% up to 31 August 2026.
• The EU fishing sector lost 15% of its workforce between 2017 and 2023.
• In the Azores, under the leadership of the regional government, 300,000 km² of marine protected areas were designated.
• Women receive pensions about 25% lower than men
• Extreme heat was associated with more than 35,000 deaths in Europe in the last year.
• POSEI Agriculture will receive 3 billion EUR more than the current amount
• The Azores fulfilled the marine protection targets set by the United Nations and EU institutions five years ahead of sch
• Fertilizer prices have risen more than 60% compared to 2024
• By protecting approximately 300,000 square kilometres of its sea, the Azores created the largest European marine protect
• The EU's external dependence on fish products exceeds 80%.
• The EU has an external dependency of over 70% in the fisheries and aquaculture sector.
• The POSEI agricultural support programme for the EU outermost regions has been stalled for more than 20 years
• Portugal has the third largest exclusive economic zone in the European Union
• The European Union imports more than 80% of the fishery and aquaculture products it consumes.
• 80% of informal care in the European Union is provided by women.
• Agriculture will receive approximately 40 billion EUR more than the current amount under this proposal
• Only three Member States classify rape based on lack of consent.
• Less than 10% of CEOs of large companies are women

Pekka Toveri

• More than half a dozen ships were sunk or damaged and more than two dozen sailors were killed, wounded or missing in one
• The combined active military forces of European NATO and EU countries total approximately 1.5 million soldiers.
• The main financial contributors to Ukraine's support are Finnish, Dutch and German taxpayers, while Hungary has not cont
• Finland and Denmark have each contributed several per cent of their GDP to supporting Ukraine's fight.
• The European Union has provided a loan of 90 billion euros to Ukraine.
• US combat forces constitute approximately 5% of European combat power.
• Vladimir Lisin promised the European Shooting Confederation and its member organisations EUR 23 million in exchange for

Per Clausen

• Public procurement accounts for 15% of the European Union's GDP.
• More people than ever before died from heat in Europe during the summer of 2026.

Pernando Barrena Arza

• The European Union has provided Morocco with more than €8 billion over the last five years.
• More than 83% of Mexico's exports go to the United States, its northern neighbour.
• The conflict in Gaza has cost more than 70,000 lives.
• There were 150 victims in the Ceuta incident of 30 July.
• It is two months of aggression, more than 2,500 dead, 7,000 wounded and one million forcibly displaced.
• The United States has maintained an economic blockade on Cuba for more than 60 years.

Petar Volgin

• The European Commission cut funding to the Venice Biennale these days because the Russian pavilion will be reopened at t
• The average salary in Bulgaria is the lowest in the entire European Union.
• Statistics show that over 20% of Bulgarians live in poverty.
• Unlike European colonizers, states such as Russia and China have not had colonies in Africa.
• Millions of Ukrainians have been forced to leave the country and seek refuge abroad.
• The EU recently provided Ukraine with 90 billion euros.
• European citizens pay 1 billion euros per year for this service (the European External Action Service).

Peter Agius

• In Malta, property prices have risen by 50% in the last five years

Peter Liese

• The ETS has saved 100 billion cubic meters of gas.

Petr Bystron

• In Australia, despite the introduction of a similar system, over 60% of minors still have access to social media.
• €10 billion of the EU research and innovation fund allocation is for start-ups.
• The European Union has paid €300 billion to Ukraine since the start of the war.
• Porsche: 98 percent losses; at VW, 50,000 jobs are being cut.
• The American report was based on the evaluation of eleven years of communication between the EU Commission and tech comp
• The EU research and innovation fund receives €90 billion in the same period, of which only €10 billion is allocated to s
• Germany took on EUR 107 billion in new debt, including EUR 50 billion for migration, EUR 16 billion for nuclear phase-ou
• This year in February there were 140 house searches in a single day
• The European Union has given €300 billion to Ukraine since the start of the war.
• The EU research and innovation fund has been allocated €90 billion over the same period.

Petra Steger

• Spain quickly legalized hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants.
• More than 80,000 migrants arrived in Ceuta in just one or two days.

Petras Auštrevičius

• In early 2026, over 600,000 Lithuanian residents' personal data, including identity codes, addresses, and property recor
• Over the past few months, 11 political prisoners in Iran have been executed on charges related to the PMOI.
• Russia launched more than 600 long-range strike UAVs and 70 missiles against Ukraine during the night of 14-15 June 2026
• Lithuanian authorities learned of the scale of the data theft affecting over 600,000 residents in early April 2026, but
• Almost 62,000 medical records of Lithuanian medics were allegedly stolen in a cyber incident in recent weeks.
• The death penalty remains in more than one third of the world's countries
• Information also surfaced about possibly around 50 hacked accounts of Lithuania's Ministry of Internal Affairs system.
• Iran has been ruled by religious fanaticism for five decades
• In July 2026, civilian casualties in Ukraine reached 437, the highest monthly figure since the start of the Russian inva
• The European Commission decided to cancel planned financing for the Venice Biennale
• The European Union has adopted 20 sanction packages against Russia.
• The Lithuanian economy is in its fifth or sixth year of economic growth.

Petras Gražulis

• Currently, there are more than 62 million immigrants in the European Union.
• In Lithuania, twelve law enforcement officers and municipal employees were detained for involvement in smuggling.
• Electricity prices in the United States and China are much cheaper than in Europe.
• Throughout the period of the EU's existence, old EU member states have received higher agricultural payments, and countr
• More than one million students from other countries study at universities in the European Union.
• Russia has a population of only 140 million.
• Currently, without a signed free trade agreement with India, the trade deficit amounts to approximately 10 billion euros
• Lithuania used to have the cheapest electricity in the European Union.
• Close to 20% of people in Lithuania live in poverty, while the wealth divide in the country is very large.
• Immigrants represent less than 10% of the EU's total population.
• The average wage in the EU is fifteen times higher than in India.
• Workforce in India is at least five times cheaper than in Europe
• The EU's trade deficit with India is more than 15 billion euros.
• When Tusk came to power in Poland, half of the public broadcaster's journalists were fired overnight.
• The trade deficit between Europe and China is more than 100 billion euros
• Russia and China are the two leading countries in the world in developing artificial intelligence.
• The EU's trade deficit with China is more than 300 billion euros per year.
• The war in Ukraine has been ongoing for five years.
• The unemployment level in the European Union reaches more than 6%
• There are no EU sanctions on fertilizers, neither Russian nor Belarusian.
• Zuckerberg publicly stated that Facebook derives more than 20 percent of its revenues from people who deceive others
• Russian central bank assets amount to €300 billion.

Pierfrancesco Maran

• Since its creation, the EU Emissions Trading System has reduced emissions and driven industrial decarbonisation.
• In Italy, piracy causes damage of 300 million euros per year to Serie A alone.
• In Europe, one in eight citizens uses illegal streaming sites to follow sports events.
• The EU achieved 7.5% of spending objectives on biodiversity in 2024
• Annually, 3 million vehicles disappear from registration systems in the EU.

Pierre Pimpie

• The EU is the region with the lowest economic growth rate in the world.

Pierre-Romain Thionnet

• All EU member states have signed and ratified the Montego Bay Convention on the Law of the Sea.
• The Russian army illegally occupies 20% of Ukrainian territory.

Pietro Fiocchi

• Radon exposure increases lung cancer risk by 50%

Piotr Müller

• Electricity and other energy sources in Europe are about 2-3 times more expensive compared to China or the United States
• The Draghi report indicates that energy prices in Europe are 2-3 times higher than in China or the United States
• Only about 5% of global AI investment capital goes to Europe, while about 50% goes to the United States.
• Energy prices in Europe are the highest in the world.

Piotr Serafin

• More than 90% of the European Court of Auditors' recommendations have been accepted and implemented or are being impleme
• The average error rate for MFF expenditure was 3.5%, according to the European Commission's reference to the Court's fin
• The European Court of Auditors found shortcomings in 16 out of 420 Recovery and Resilience Facility milestones and targe
• The European Commission's proposals last year included EUR 247 million in additional administrative costs.
• The European Commission's proposals last year included EUR 15 billion in administrative cost reductions.
• The cost of the Ukraine Support Loan is now substantially lower than the level forecast when the EU draft budget was bei
• The EU budget was agreed at 1.13% of GNI in 2020 and the Commission has proposed raising it to 1.26% of GNI.
• Poland remains the largest beneficiary of the EU multiannual financial framework.

Pál Szekeres

• The report recognizes the irreplaceable value of the 53 million informal carers.
• In Hungary, 1 million more people are working than in 2010
• One million more people are working in Hungary than at the beginning of the decade
• In Hungary, mothers with two or more children do not pay personal income tax
• Employment in Hungary reached a historic peak.
• In the EU the gender pay gap is 12% and the pension gap is 25%
• In Hungary, the number of employees has increased by 1 million since 2010.
• The minimum wage in Hungary has risen to more than four times its previous level
• More than one million new jobs were created in Hungary over the past decade.

Pär Holmgren

• Sweden is 100% dependent on imports for fertiliser.
• The summer just ended brought record heat to large parts of Europe, accompanied by wildfires and drought.