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MEPs whose initial is “R” · 33 MEPs

Rada Laykova

• Nearly 60% of all European Investment Bank financing went to the climate agenda.
• The European Investment Bank deployed a record EUR 8 billion into equity and quasi-equity investments in a single year.
• The minimum wage in Bulgaria is €620 gross, about €470 net.
• Bulgaria recorded the highest housing price increase in Europe, 14% or more over the last year.
• Ukrainian anti-corruption authorities uncovered a bribery scheme worth about USD 100 million involving people in the inn
• Bulgarian workers receive the lowest wages in the European Union.

Raffaele Fitto

• More than 70 million people live on the more than 4,000 inhabited islands of the European Union.

Raffaele Stancanelli

• According to European Commission data, transport costs increased by 30% over the last ten years.
• Authorizing a strategic industrial plant in Italy can take up to ten years
• According to European Commission data, house prices increased by 60% over the last ten years.

Ralf Seekatz

• Inflation has now reached a more stable level.
• Inflation expectations remain above the target value.

Raphaël Glucksmann

• In Europe, 500 industrial workers lose their jobs every day.
• The shock triggered by Vladimir Putin's gas blackmail in 2021 and the invasion of Ukraine cost Europe 600 billion euros.
• The European Parliament has been demanding since January 2023 that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps be listed as a
• TotalEnergies earned EUR 11 billion in the first half of 2026.

Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle

• One in five women in Europe experiences some form of gender‑based violence.
• Protection for journalists in Greece is still the worst in the EU
• The directive on combating corruption is the first binding law to tackle corruption across the entire European Union.
• The number of prosecutions dropped by 70%.
• According to the Scientific Research and Data Centre in the Netherlands, asylum seekers are less often suspected of crim
• Illegal manufacturing of fireworks could contribute between 25% and 50% of the national pyrotechnics market in Italy.
• The European Union has the lowest infant mortality rates worldwide.
• A fatal bus accident near Svoge, Bulgaria occurred on a road that was poorly maintained due to corruption.
• Member States approved a mandate to negotiate with the US in December 2025.
• Women drop out due to stress complaints twice as often as men.
• In the Netherlands last year, there were 1,534 attempted explosive attacks, and half of the arrested suspects were under
• A fatal train accident near Tempi, Greece involved trains running on outdated tracks.
• The United States is threatening to end visa-free travel for Europeans to the US unless the EU provides access to biomet
• People died while waiting under a railway station canopy in Novi Sad, Serbia due to structural failure.
• As of October 2026, no EU member state has used available EU funds to help provide abortions to women denied access in t
• The European Union has the highest life expectancy in the world.

Rasa Juknevičienė

• About 40,000 people gathered in Vilnius a month ago to defend freedom of speech.
• 150,000 people signed a petition against the political takeover of LRT within a few days.

Rasmus Andresen

• Over 230 million people worldwide are dependent on humanitarian aid.
• Nearly 20 million people in Sudan are suffering from famine.
• A 2024 European Commission study found that EU markets became more concentrated, with rising corporate profits and consu
• Nearly 2,000,000 people in Gaza are displaced from their homes and face very poor basic services.
• Over 2 million people in the Gaza Strip continue to have little access to water, electricity and basic supplies.
• Over 1 million people in the Gaza Strip live in tents.
• The gambling and sports betting industry makes almost 50 billion euros profit annually in the European Union.
• Tax rates on gambling in EU member states vary from 5% to 40%.
• 63% of young people in Germany report poor wellbeing, suffering from loneliness, psychological stress, or pressure to su
• In Germany alone, 1.4 million dwellings are missing
• Large fossil fuel energy companies made nearly EUR 26 billion in profits in the last three months.

Rasmus Nordqvist

• The Council has proposed a 35% climate spending target in the multiannual financial framework.

Raúl De La Hoz Quintano

• Electricity prices paid by European consumers and businesses are two to three times higher than those of competitors.
• In Spain, a clean energy project requires approximately ten years for permitting

Regina Doherty

• The European Union is the United Kingdom's biggest trading partner.
• EU budget spending excluding recovery grants totalled EUR 176.3 billion last year, with an estimated 3.8% error rate
• Savings in low-yield bank accounts are being steadily eroded by inflation.
• There have been almost 100 prosecutions for cyberbullying in Ireland in the three years since Coco's Law was enacted.
• More than half of all web traffic is generated by bots, and almost 40% of that traffic comes from malicious bots.
• European households hold almost EUR 10 trillion in low-yield bank accounts, which are being steadily eroded by inflation

Reinhold Lopatka

• According to Amnesty International, at least 2,159 executions were carried out in Iran in 2025.
• China carries out more executions than any other country on the planet
• EU-India trade has tripled over the past two decades
• In Zambia's election, 98% of media coverage was devoted to the President and only 2% to the other candidates.
• Since the provisional application of CETA, EU-Canada goods trade has increased by around 65%
• More than 1,700 African citizens from 36 countries have been misled into fighting for Russia.
• Ninety percent of Cuba's 11 million population lives in poverty.
• The Chinese Communist Party is responsible for more than 1,000 executions each year
• Turkey ranks 159th out of 180 countries in the World Press Freedom Index.
• EU-Canada goods trade reaches EUR 80 billion annually
• 90% of Port-au-Prince is under gang control
• Cuba holds more than 1,300 political prisoners out of a population of 10 million inhabitants.
• Fighting in Yemen has displaced more than 200,000 people, in a country where millions already face acute hunger.
• A joint EU, World Bank and UN assessment conducted in April found that rebuilding Gaza would require USD 71.4 billion.
• The European Union is the largest humanitarian donor to the Palestinians.
• Last year there were 1,532 documented cases of antisemitic incidents in Austria
• Over 80% of those remaining in Venezuela are living in poverty
• Around 8 million Venezuelans have fled their country
• Saudi Arabia has installed the largest area of solar energy facilities in recent years, more than any other country in t
• India is the world's most populated country
• In Turkey, 28 mayors and 120 opposition officials have been arrested and removed from office.
• UN sources reported that the Iranian regime killed more than 35,000 of its own people in January.
• EU-India goods exchange reached around EUR 120 billion in 2024
• Most of Europe's trade with Asia passes through the Bab al-Mandab Strait, where the Houthis have seized key ports and is
• More than 150,000 people have lost their lives in Sudan

Reinier Van Lanschot

• The European Union is the largest trading partner of the United States.
• Anthropic gave access to its Mythos AI model to only a few US companies.
• 90% of Europeans want a more united Europe.
• Ukraine is the world leader in drone technology.

Reinis Pozņaks

• Russia has killed almost 500 civilians in Ukraine, including children.
• Around 60% of drone components come from the US or China.

René Aust

• Dow Chemical is withdrawing from East Germany with the loss of 800 jobs
• A report claims 250,000 white working-class girls were victims of crimes by immigrants while the United Kingdom was an E
• Oil is 75 percent more expensive than a year ago.
• Millions of packages from East Asia arrive daily in the European Union.
• The Strait of Hormuz has been blocked for nine weeks.
• Two German researchers received the Nobel Prize in Medicine.
• Revenue in the chemical industry fell by over 15% within a two-year period
• Brussels has officially decided that the CO2 price will continue to rise from 2028 onwards.

René Repasi

• The EU Blocking Statute was used in the 1990s under the presidency of Bill Clinton and in 2012 under the presidency of B
• One euro invested in research corresponds to 11 euros of economic output, according to the research minister cited by th
• More than 60% of the stock index in Denmark is under stewardship ownership.
• The EU imposes on itself de facto internal tariffs equivalent to 44%.

Rihards Kols

• More than 200 political prisoners remain in prison in Cuba.
• The EU attracted 6% of global investment in AI start-ups in early 2024.
• Nine EU member states have still not ratified CETA after nine years.
• The regime in Iran was elected Vice-Chair of the UN Commission for Social Development on the same day (two days ago from
• The World Trade Organization is 31 years old in 2026.
• Yesterday the UN Secretary-General reportedly congratulated the Iranian regime on the anniversary of the Islamic Revolut
• 2,000 executions occurred in 2025 alone, representing the highest number since the 1980s.
• Canada possesses 34 critical raw materials that European industry lacks.
• Four years of full-scale war has left Ukraine facing a reconstruction bill of nearly EUR 500 billion.
• Two days ago the UN General Assembly President urged the European Parliament to stand firm behind the UN nations and int
• The fragmentation of the European single market costs businesses the equivalent of a 44% tariff on goods and a 110% tari
• An SME expanding abroad in the EU spends on average EUR 10,000 and 14 weeks on paperwork.
• In March 2026, Cubans protested over blackouts and food shortages, and authorities responded with arrests, beatings, and

Riho Terras

• Five EU member states do not recognize Kosovo's statehood.

Rima Hassan

• The ceasefire was violated again yesterday, resulting in seven deaths on the Lebanese side.
• The ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon was extended for 45 days on Friday.
• Far-right terrorist attacks increased by 320% in recent years across Western countries.
• the damage from the 1825 French-imposed debt is today estimated at more than 30 billion euros
• 90% of political murders in France since 1986 were committed by the far-right.
• Israel has displaced more than one million people
• Israel has violated the ceasefire more than 200 times

Robert Biedroń

• Between 2,000 and 4,000 cyberattacks occur daily in Poland.

Robert de Groot

• 5% of the European Investment Bank's financing within the EU goes to security and defence.
• The European Tech Champions Initiative has supported 15 megafunds with more than EUR 1 billion in capital.
• EIB renewable energy investments signed in 2025 are expected to provide clean electricity for the equivalent of 5.6 mill
• Projects signed by the EIB Group in 2025 are expected to help build around 56,000 kilometres of electricity infrastructu
• The European Investment Bank Group signed EUR 100 billion in new financing in 2025.
• The EIB Group provided EUR 33 billion for energy security projects in 2025.
• The EIB Group's 2025 energy security support helped mobilise more than EUR 100 billion of investment across Europe.
• The EIB Group has provided more than EUR 4 billion in financing to Ukraine since the start of Russia's full-scale invasi
• The European Investment Fund committed close to EUR 16 billion in guarantees and equity financing for SMEs and start-ups
• The European Investment Bank allocates 43 billion euros to cohesion projects and cohesion regions.
• Last year the European Investment Bank invested 18 billion euros in SMEs, start-ups and scale-ups, mostly indirectly thr
• The European Tech Champions Initiative contributed to the emergence of 12 European unicorns.

Robert Gabel

• Approximately 85% of sea turtles in European waters have waste in their stomachs.
• More than 90% of some animal species in European waters have waste in their stomachs.

Roberto Vannacci

• The European Union is taking on 800 billion euros of debt to defend itself against Russia.
• The European Commission continues to pay Turkey €1 billion per year to keep refugee flows closed.
• More than 70,000 people crossed the EU's external border illegally into Ceuta in just two days.
• Italy has installed 60 gigawatts of wind and solar capacity over the last twenty years at a total cost of 70 billion eur
• Electricity in California costs 30 cents per kWh, while in Texas it costs 14 cents per kWh.
• China produces 70% of the rare earths and metals needed to convert wind and solar energy into electricity.
• Wind and solar power produce only 4% of Italy's total energy demand.

Rody Tolassy

• The highest execution figures in nearly ten years
• In 2024, 1,518 people were executed worldwide according to Amnesty International
• The EU allocated €200 million to Azerbaijan in 2025.
• Iran alone carried out more than 970 executions
• Of the 18 large wastewater treatment plants in Guadeloupe, more than half are non-compliant with European standards.
• The sanitation investment plan for Guadeloupe was divided by five, decreasing from 180 million euros to 34 million euros
• In Guadeloupe, 80% of sanitation pipelines are more than 40 years old.

Roman Haider

• Europe has recorded around 5.4 million hectares of wildfire-affected area so far in 2026, a new record low, according to
• Inflation exploded to up to 15% Europe-wide.
• Worldwide, around 120 million hectares of land were affected by wildfires in 2026, the lowest figure since 2012 and 41%
• Tens of thousands of jobs in Europe have already been lost due to the green transition.
• The President of the ECB receives an annual net salary of over 700,000 euros.

Romana Jerković

• The city of Gospić has about 35,000 tonnes of illegally disposed waste, more than 3 tonnes per inhabitant.
• The EU4Health programme has lost EUR 1 billion in recent years.
• Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in the European Union.
• Already today, more than a third of doctors and a quarter of nurses in the EU are over 55 years old.
• Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in the European Union
• EU health commitments fell from EUR 687 million in 2026 to EUR 635 million in 2027, a reduction of almost 8%.
• The shortage of healthcare workers in the European Union could exceed four million by 2030.
• More than 60,000 people died from extreme heat in Europe.
• 37,000 tonnes of waste ended up in Gospić, Croatia.

Romana Tomc

• The European Union currently has approximately 450 million inhabitants.

Rosa Estaràs Ferragut

• One in four children in Europe lives in poverty or social exclusion
• The new Afghan Penal Procedure Code legalizes domestic violence, criminalizes women seeking protection from abuse, insti
• Living on a European island can cost 130% more for housing.
• Living on a European island increases public service costs by between 30% and 50%.
• Millions of people live on more than 4,000 inhabited islands across 16 EU member states.
• Women dedicate 17 hours per week more than men to unpaid care work.
• In Iran, a woman's testimony is legally valued at half that of a man, and women inherit half as much as men.
• 21.4% of the total population of the European Union is at risk of poverty or exclusion
• Women in Iran earn five times less salary than men.
• There are more than 270 flagship projects under Global Gateway.
• That law allowed thousands of rapists to have their sentences reduced.
• The Iranian regime applies the death penalty by hanging for homosexuality.
• In Iran, girls are required to wear the veil from the age of nine.
• Living on a European island can cost up to 300% more for transport due to dependence on sea and air transport.

Rosa Serrano Sierra

• 121 workers at WiZink and Zelenza CEX in Zaragoza were left unprotected after a contract change without subrogation or c
• The EU transport sector supports 1.5 million companies and 10 million workers.
• Maintenance spending has increased more than 60% per kilometer since the PP were removed from government

Roxana Mînzatu

• The current Erasmus+ budget is €27 billion.
• Almost 20 million Europeans live in another EU country for work or are temporarily posted abroad by their employer.
• 200,000 Romanian children were lifted out of risk of poverty and exclusion in 2024
• Recognition of a Spanish nurse's professional qualification to work in Belgium takes at least three months.
• Only seven professions currently benefit from automatic recognition of professional qualifications in the European Union
• EUR 1 billion from the European Defence Fund is being used for drone and counter-drone prototypes.
• One out of four children, or approximately 19 million children, are at risk of poverty or social exclusion.
• Only around 5% of vocational education and training learners currently go abroad for part of their training.
• There are 5,700 regulated professions in the European Union.
• The percentage of children in Romania at risk of poverty and exclusion fell from almost 40% to 33%
• In the European Union, 40% of highly educated third-country nationals work below their qualification level, double the r
• Almost one in three workers report work-related stress, depression or anxiety, and 44% report severe pressure or work ov
• In December 2024, the UN resolution on death penalty moratorium was adopted for the first time with a two-thirds majorit
• The proposal for the next Multiannual Financial Framework includes a minimum 14% social investment commitment for all na
• The European Child Guarantee in Romania has an allocation of approximately EUR 7 billion
• 93 million Europeans, or one out of five, are at risk of poverty or social exclusion.
• Only 3.7 million Europeans have been lifted out of poverty and social exclusion so far.
• The global number of recorded executions increased by 32% in 2024
• Afghanistan is the only country where girls are banned from secondary and higher education, with nearly 2.2 million girl
• According to CEDEFOP, only 18% of vocational education and training teachers feel recognised and valued in their profess
• More than half of the population in Afghanistan depends on humanitarian assistance for survival.
• Three out of four Europeans would prefer general education over vocational education and training.
• Two thirds of all states are today abolitionists in law or practice
• Since 1987, 18 million participants have benefited from the Erasmus+ programme.
• Fatal workplace accidents in the European Union have fallen by 70% in the last three decades.
• Romania is third in the European Union in the number of people at risk of poverty and social exclusion, with a rate of 2
• In the past ten years, the at-risk-of-poverty or social exclusion rate in Romania dropped from 37% to 27%.
• The Commission proposed EUR 90 billion in loans for Ukraine last week.
• Around 15% of NextGenerationEU investment is dedicated to education, child care, health and long-term care support.
• Over 40% of all recorded executions in 2024 were related to drug offences
• Recognition of an Italian engineer's professional qualification to work in Germany takes at least four months.
• Every day, nine workers across the European Union fall victim to fatal workplace accidents.
• Recognition of an engineer's qualification from the United States to work in the European Union takes around 14 months.
• 6.2 million people are employed as formal care workers, mostly women.
• One out of three children in Romania is at risk of poverty and exclusion

Rudi Kennes

• Mental health problems are currently the leading cause of work absenteeism.
• Similar legislation in Spain has been in place for twenty years, demonstrating its effectiveness.
• In 2024, the EIB lent 89 billion EUR, of which 10 billion EUR went to fossil fuel companies.
• Of the 89 billion EUR lent in 2024, 10 billion EUR went to fossil fuel companies.
• Women work two months more per year than men
• The European Investment Bank manages almost 250 billion EUR.
• In 2025, the EIB invested 4 billion EUR in technology and military companies.

Ruggero Razza

• For some essential antibiotics, dependence on Asian supply chains is almost total.
• In the 1990s, Europe produced over 80% of the active ingredients for its pharmaceutical production.
• 30% of European doctors and 18% of European nurses are at least 55 years old.
• Today, Europe produces 30% of the active ingredients for its pharmaceutical production.
• Europe faces a shortage of more than 1,000,000 doctors, nurses and midwives in its health workforce.
• In 12 of the 27 EU member states, four out of ten doctors are already older than 55.
• Every euro invested in health prevention can generate up to 14 euros in return through lower costs and higher productivi
• 80% of the active ingredients for European pharmaceutical production come from India and China.

Ruth Firmenich

• Germany has provided Ukraine with over €100 billion in bilateral support since 2022.
• What 65 years of US economic embargo have not achieved
• The war in Yemen is driving energy prices in Europe further up.