More than half of the countries in the Eastern European group are EU member states.

Error detected

The claim asserts that 'more than half' of the Eastern European Group countries are EU members. In reality, only 11 out of 23 (47.8%) are EU members, which is less than half. The error is a factual overstatement of the proportion.

Omissions

• The full list of 23 Eastern European Group member states could not be displayed in search snippets from the UN DGACM page; the count of 23 and the complete membership were verified via cross-referencing the UN regional groups page with the EU membership page. The UN page at the cited URL is the authoritative primary source for the group's composition.
• Several Eastern European Group members are EU candidates (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Ukraine) but none had joined the EU as of the session date.
• The MEP did not cite a source for the claim.

Sources

• PrimaryUnited Nations Department for General Assembly and Conference Management — Regional Groups of Member StatesThe page defines the Eastern European States as one of the five UN regional groups and lists its members, including: Albania, Estonia, Republic of Moldova, Armenia, Georgia, Romania, Azerbaijan, Hungary, Russian Federation, Belarus, Latvia, Serbia, among others. The full group comprises 23 UN member states.
• PrimaryEuropean Union — EU CountriesThe EU has 27 member states: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden.