Thomas Pellerin-Carlin· S&D

Nuanced

Even today, two thirds of our final energy consumption comes from oil and gas.

Omissions

• The exact breakdown between petroleum products and natural gas in overall final energy consumption is not clearly stated in a single source; petroleum products alone were 37% in 2024 per Eurostat
• The claim may be referring to the combined share of all fossil fuels (coal, oil, and gas), which was 67.4% of energy production in the EU according to one Eurostat source
• The MEP did not cite a specific source for this claim

Sources

• PrimaryEurostat - Energy in Europe 2026 editionIn the EU in 2024, petroleum products represented 37% of final energy consumption, followed by electricity (23%), natural gas (21%), and renewables (17%)
• PrimaryEurostat - Energy statistics overview67.4% of all energy in the EU was produced from coal, oil and gas
• PrimaryEurostat - Final energy consumption in servicesElectricity (51.2%) and natural gas (26.0%) accounted together for more than three-quarters of the final energy consumption in the EU's services sector in 2023