In 2026, the European Union provided €85 million in humanitarian assistance to Yemen.
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- The European Commission press release that explicitly states the €87.5 million figure for 2026 is dated 23 October 2026, three days after the plenary session; the MEP could not have cited that document, although the allocations it describes (€85 million plus the €2.5 million September top-up) were decided before 20 October 2026.
- No source found in the searches publishes the exact '€85 million' figure on its own; it is derived as the difference between the €87.5 million total allocated for 2026 and the €2.5 million emergency top-up mobilised since September.
- The figures refer to allocated/committed humanitarian funding, not necessarily to amounts actually disbursed or paid out by 20 October 2026; the MEP's use of 'provided' slightly overstates the stage of the funding cycle.
- Further context omitted by the speaker: total EU humanitarian support to Yemen since 2015 is close to €1 billion, and a further €22.5 million was added shortly after the session, bringing 2026 funding to about €110 million (around $123 million).