About 50% of Europe's energy needs are accounted for by heating and cooling.

Omissions

• The Commission's own framing adds that roughly 70% of heating and cooling still comes from fossil fuels (mainly gas) and that the share of renewables in the sector is growing slowly (27.3% in 2025) — context that supports rather than contradicts the MEP's argument that geothermal is under-used.
• The claim does not specify whether it refers to final energy consumption or gross inland consumption; the Commission figure is a broad approximation ('around half'), not a precise statistic.

Sources

• PrimaryEuropean Commission – DG Energy, 'Heating and cooling' topic page"Around half of all the energy we use in the EU is for heating and cooling the places we live and work." Also: "In 2025, around 2 thirds the energy used for heating and cooling still came from fossil fuels."
• PrimaryEuropean Commission – DG Energy news, 'Have your say on the EU's Electrification Action Plan and the Heating and Cooling Strategy'"Heating and cooling constitute around half of the EU's energy consumption, with 70% still reliant on fossil fuels, mainly gas."