Only 3.7 million Europeans have been lifted out of poverty and social exclusion so far.

Omissions

• The claim omits the crucial context that the 3.7 million figure is measured against a 2030 target of 15 million people — a target set under the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan. Without this benchmark, the listener cannot assess whether 3.7 million represents progress or shortfall.
• The figure is the European Commission's own cumulative programmatic estimate, not an independently audited statistic from Eurostat or another statistical authority. The methodology for counting who has been 'supported and relieved' is not publicly detailed in the available sources.
• All confirming sources are secondary journalistic reports of the same Commission press conference on 6 May 2026. No primary official document (Commission press release, strategy text, or impact assessment) was located to independently corroborate the figure.
• The speaker, Roxana Mînzatu, is the Vice-President of the European Commission who herself announced this figure at the 6 May 2026 press conference. The claim is therefore self-referential — the MEP is citing her own Commission's estimate.

Sources

• SecondaryEuronewsReports on the EU's first anti-poverty strategy launch. Quotes Commissioner Roxana Mînzatu: 'We have only managed to help around 3.7 million Europeans,' against the target of 'lifting at least 15 million people out of poverty.'
• SecondaryAgenda PúblicaDirect interview with Vice-President Mînzatu. Quotes her: 'Out of the 15 million we set as an objective, we have managed to support around 3.7 million, almost four million people, out of that situation.'
• SecondaryEUobserverReports: '3.7 million Europeans have been taken out of poverty' in the context of the EU anti-poverty strategy falling short of its 15 million target.