France possesses 40% of the 25,000,000 square kilometers in question, i.e., 10,000,000 square kilometers

Omissions

• The MEP did not specify that this refers to the EU's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), not global maritime territories.
• France's EEZ is actually reported as 10.2-10.7 million km² depending on the source, slightly higher than the 10 million stated.
• The total EU EEZ area appears to be approximately 25 million km², though exact official figures from Eurostat for this specific metric were not found in the search results.
• Sources found were secondary (Wikipedia, Reddit citing other sources) rather than primary official maritime databases.

Sources

• SecondaryIslands Business (Facebook)France manages a vast Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) covering nearly 10 million sq km in the Pacific.
• TertiaryGrokipediaFrance's EEZ spans approximately 10.7 million square kilometers, ranking as the second largest globally after the United States.
• TertiaryReddit r/MapPornFrance has 10.2 million km² of EEZ. The United States has the largest EEZ at 11.3 million km².