A windfall tax measure introduced in 2022 raised a total of €26-28 billion.

Omissions

• The €26-28 billion figure refers to the COMBINED revenue of the EU solidarity contribution for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, not to 2022 alone; revenue collected for tax year 2022 alone was about €16.5 billion (and €9.65 billion for 2023).
• A distinction exists between 'collected revenue' (EUR 26.15 billion, as of 30 June 2024) and 'total estimated proceeds' for both fiscal years (around €28 billion), which explains the €26-28 billion range.
• The precise figures come from the European Commission's final report published 14-15 May 2025, i.e. AFTER the session date; at the time of the speech (2026-10-07) the MEP could not have known this exact final report, though the figures were consistent with earlier Commission estimates of around €25 billion.
• The EU also adopted a parallel revenue cap on inframarginal electricity producers; the €26-28 billion figure covers only the solidarity contribution, not the full €140 billion the Commission anticipated from both measures combined.

Sources

• PrimaryEuropean Commission – Taxation and Customs Union, Final report on the emergency measure on the fossil fuels sectorThe solidarity contribution was adopted by the EU ... [revenue for] tax years 2022 and 2023 amounted to EUR 26.150 billion for this emergency measure.
• PrimaryEUR-Lex – Report from the Commission COM(2025) 237 finalIt also presents information on the collected proceeds for the fiscal years 2022 and 2023 and the total estimated proceeds for both fiscal years ...
• SecondaryEurodad – As EU surtax on fossil fuel profits ends, European Commission report reveals it generated €28 billion of additional public revenueAn EU surtax on fossil fuel industries' profits, which was limited to the fiscal years 2022 and 2023, generated an estimated €28 billion of additional public revenue.
• SecondaryAgence Europe – Energy price crisis: revenue collected from mandatory solidarity contribution totals more than EUR 28 billionAs of 30 June 2024, the collected revenue for tax year 2022 amounted to €16.497 billion, and that for tax year 2023, €9.653 billion.