Almost one in three European workers reported suffering from stress, depression and anxiety caused or worsened by their work.

Omissions

• The exact figure is 29% (OSH Pulse 2025) / 27% (OSH Pulse 2022), which is closer to 'nearly three in ten' than to a full 'one in three'; the MEP's 'almost one in three' rounds the figure up slightly.
• The survey item combines the three conditions into a single response category ('stress, depression or anxiety') and asks about conditions 'caused or made worse by work'; the claim lists them as three separate conditions joined by 'and'.
• The OSH Pulse 2025 survey results were published in late 2025 (World Mental Health Day highlight), i.e. before the 2026-10-05 session date; the MEP could have known this data.

Sources

• PrimaryEU-OSHA — World Mental Health Day: 29% of EU workers suffer stress, depression or anxietyHeadline finding: '29% of EU workers suffer stress, depression or anxiety'; the page also notes that over 40% of workers report severe time pressure and nearly 30% experience poor mental well-being.
• PrimaryOSHwiki (EU-OSHA) — Mental health at work'Data from the OSH Pulse survey show that in 2025, 29% of the respondents reported that they experienced "Stress, depression or anxiety" during [work]'.
• PrimaryEU-OSHA — Psychosocial risks and mental health at work'The OSH Pulse survey conducted by EU-OSHA in 2022 shows that 27% of workers experience stress, anxiety or depression caused or made worse by work.'
• Secondaryifeelonline.com — Psychosocial Risks at Work: From Data to Protection Strategy'The EU-OSHA OSH Pulse 2025 survey, conducted across more than 28,000 workers in EU Member States, found that 29% of European workers experience stress, anxiety or depression caused or worsened by work, and that 44% report severe time pressure or work overload'.