According to European Commission data, gatekeepers notified 55 intended concentrations since 2023, 36 of them in the previous year.

Omissions

• The cumulative total of 55 is explicitly broken down as three notifications in 2023, 16 in 2024 and 36 in 2025; the claim's 'since 2023' framing is accurate but the yearly distribution shows a steep upward trend that the speaker does not mention.
• The figure concerns notifications of intended concentrations under Article 14 DMA (a transparency/information obligation), not formal merger-control filings or Phase I/II merger reviews, a distinction the claim does not make.
• The Commission's report COM(2026) 247 was published on 21 May 2026, i.e. before the session date, so the data was available to the MEP; the exact cumulative figure of 55 is stated verbatim in the independent legal analysis (Osborne Clarke), while the primary Commission report's searchable text explicitly confirms the 36 notifications received in 2025.

Sources

• PrimaryEuropean Commission — Report from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the implementation of the Digital Markets Act (COM(2026) 247 final)"(50) In 2025 the Commission received 36 notifications of intended concentrations from ..."
• SecondaryOsborne Clarke — DMA notifications reveal six themes in European TMT business transactions"The Commission has received 55 notifications (three in 2023, 16 in 2024 and 36 in 2025), which reveal how some large digital firms have been ..."