According to European Commission data, transport costs increased by 30% over the last ten years.

Omissions

• No source retrieved states the cumulative ten-year change for the transport price category specifically; only the overall EU HICP change (33.0% for 2016-2025) was found, which is a different indicator.
• Eurostat news on transport services (July 2025) reports only annual changes (railway +4.0%, road +2.3%, air -3.0%) and does not provide the ten-year cumulative figure.
• The claim conflates a decade-long cumulative price change with a figure the MEP attributes generically to 'European Commission data' without citing a specific dataset or reference period.

Sources

• PrimaryEurostat Statistics Explained – Consumer prices - inflationThe overall change in the HICP in the EU during the period 2016-2025 was 33.0%, or an annual average of 3.3%.
• PrimaryEurostat – HICP - transport (databrowser, TEICP070)HICP are produced and published using a common index reference period (2025 = 100). Growth rates are calculated from published index levels. (Dedicated HICP transport sub-index; specific ten-year cumulative change not stated on the page.)
• PrimaryEurostat news – EU transport services: consumer price fluctuationsThe prices of passenger transport by railway and road were up by 4.0% and 2.3%, respectively, while air transport prices were down by 3.0%.