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MEPs whose initial is “U” · 3 MEPs
- The European Commission's 12 omnibus proposals reduce administrative burden by approximately €17 billion per year.
- Illegal border crossings into the EU are down 56% over the last two years and by a further 34% so far this year.
- The summer of 2026 had the hottest summer months on record in Europe.
- The EU depends on China for more than 80% of many critical raw materials and for 90% of certain rare earths.
- In the EU, six times more renewable energy capacity is waiting for grid connection than was installed last year.
- The EU's trade deficit with China now stands at €1 billion per day.
- During the last crisis, more than EUR 350 billion of emergency support was spent on untargeted measures
- Gas prices in the European Union have risen by 140% since the end of February 2026.
- Repayment of NextGenerationEU must start from 2028 onwards
- Chinese hybrid electric vehicle exports to the EU rose from USD 2.5 billion to USD 7.5 billion, a three-fold increase in
- The European Union has become the world's largest trading power.
- Since the beginning of the conflict in the Strait of Hormuz, imported fossil fuels have cost the EU an additional €90 bi
- More than 70% of the European Union's electricity comes from domestic clean sources, namely renewables and nuclear.
- In 2022, gas determined EU electricity prices for 70% of the time; in April 2026 this is down to 30%
- Young Europeans now spend four to six hours per day on screens.
- In 2025, wind and solar generated more electricity than all fossil fuels combined in the European Union for the first ti
- European Union defense spending increased by nearly 80% over the last five years.
- Chinese companies receive up to eight times more subsidies than comparable firms in OECD countries.
- The unemployment rate in the European Union is at near-record levels.
- Mammography screening reduces breast cancer mortality by about 30% to 40% among participating women.
- The European Union and partners pledged nearly €1 billion to rebuild Gaza and support a modern Palestinian Authority.
- New trade restrictions introduced last year affected almost USD 3 trillion of global trade, more than three times as muc
- The European Union installed more than 80 GW of renewable energy capacity in 2025.
- An annual quota of 350,000 hybrid vehicles from China was agreed, reducing those exports by around 45%.
- The European Union's costs for imported fossil fuels are €100 billion higher without any additional energy volume.
- The EU Chips Act, launched three years ago, has since unlocked more than EUR 32 billion in semiconductor investment acro
- Billions of euros of investments in Hungary have now been unlocked.
- The increase in defence spending has led to record levels of investment in EU defence capabilities and forces.
- In just 60 days of conflict, the EU's bill for fossil fuel imports has increased by over EUR 27 billion, without one sin
- The European Union installed more than 80 GW of renewable energy capacity last year.
- Electricity accounts for less than a quarter of the European Union's final energy consumption.
- This summer's wildfires in Europe burned 660,000 hectares.
- Thanks to CETA, trade in goods between the European Union and Canada increased by 75% in less than a decade.
- Electricity represents less than a quarter (25%) of EU final energy consumption.
- The EU Emergency Response Coordination Centre deployed 40 aircraft and 18 ground teams, and almost 800 firefighters were
- Illegal arrivals to the European Union fell by a further 37% in 2026.
- In the current European budget, almost EUR 300 billion is set aside for energy, of which EUR 95 billion remain unused
- During the last energy crisis, only one quarter (25%) of emergency support was targeted to vulnerable households and bus
- Approximately 12 million tonnes of crops were lost in Europe this summer.
- Illegal arrivals to the European Union fell by 55% over the last two years (2024-2026).
- The European Union's agricultural reserve is now completely depleted.
- The European Union has a population of 450 million and a market of EUR 18 trillion.
- Asylum applications in the EU are down by 19%, and the return rate has almost doubled in five years to over 30%.
- The proposed EU long-term budget amounts to 1.26% of the European Union's GNI.
- Currently, only 25% of disaster losses in Europe are covered by private insurance.
- Four years ago (2022), 45% of the European Union's gas imports came from Russia.
- About six times more renewable capacity is waiting to be connected to the grid than was installed in the European Union
- In the current EU budget, almost EUR 300 billion has been set aside for energy.
- Europe is warming twice as fast as the global average.
- The European Union has concluded trade agreements with more than 80 countries, more than any other entity in the world.
- In 2025, the EU's trade deficit with China amounted to EUR 1 billion per day.
- China agreed to cut tariffs on EU products worth almost EUR 4 billion.
- More than 35,000 additional deaths occurred during heatwaves in Europe this summer.