Around 15% of NextGenerationEU investment is dedicated to education, child care, health and long-term care support.

Omissions

• Two independent sources or one primary source confirming the exact 15% figure could not be found within the search limits.
• The EPRS briefing and Social Platform analysis both break down the composition of social spending within the RRF, but neither states social expenditure as a percentage of total NextGenerationEU investment.
• The MEP did not cite any specific source for the 15% figure, making it harder to trace the calculation methodology.
• If the 15% figure derives from a European Commission or Council document, that primary source was not located during the searches conducted.

Sources

• SecondaryEuropean Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) Briefing — Social expenditure in the Recovery and Resilience FacilityOf the overall EU social objective measures, around a third of the expenditure focuses on education and childcare, another third on health and long-term care, while the rest is divided among other social policies. This confirms that approximately two-thirds of RRF social expenditure targets the areas mentioned in the claim, but the total social expenditure as a share of overall NextGenerationEU is not stated.
• SecondarySocial Platform — Report on the implementation of the Recovery & Resilience FacilityEducation and childcare account for 33% of RRF social spending, health and long-term care for 32%, and social policies for 15%. Combined, education, childcare, health and long-term care represent approximately 65% of social expenditure within the RRF.
• SecondaryNOTUS-ASR — National-level social governance of the European Semester and the RRFFollowing the revision of the RRPs, almost 30% of the estimated social expenditure is dedicated to investments and reforms in education and childcare. This corroborates the approximately one-third share for education and childcare within social spending.