Europe loses 1,000 industrial jobs every day.
Industry & EmploymentEuropean Union
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- The claimed rate of 1,000 industrial jobs lost per day (365,000 per year) is substantially higher than the best available evidence. The most recent annual figure (2025) indicates approximately 200,000 manufacturing jobs lost, or roughly 550 per day — about 45% below the claim. Even the highest recent annual average (2019–2023) of approximately 250,000 per year equates to about 685 per day, still more than 30% below the claimed figure.
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- The claim does not specify a time period, making it ambiguous whether it refers to a recent annual average or a particular quarter. The most recent annual data (2025) shows approximately 200,000 manufacturing job losses, well below the implied 365,000 per year.
- The MEP uses 'industrial jobs' broadly, but available data refers specifically to manufacturing (NACE C), which represents the vast majority — though not 100% — of industrial employment (NACE B–E). Mining, electricity, and water supply sectors are not captured in the cited manufacturing figures but account for a small share of total industry employment.
- The ETUC data covering 2019–2023 is from a period that includes the COVID-19 pandemic, which may distort longer-term trend analysis. The more recent 2025 data shows a lower annual rate of job losses.
- None of the sources found were published before the session date (2026-06-17) in a form the MEP could have cited directly; the ETUC press release and industriAll Europe article are secondary sources that analyse Eurostat data.
- Sources
- SecondaryETUC (European Trade Union Confederation)The EU lost almost a million manufacturing jobs between 2019 and 2023. The highest number of job losses were in Poland (-278,000), Romania (-144,000) and Germany (-129,300). This averages to approximately 250,000 per year, or roughly 685 per day.
- SecondaryindustriAll EuropeIn 2025, the EU lost ca. 200K manufacturing jobs. This equates to approximately 548 jobs per day.