Over the past two decades, the EU steel industry has lost 100,000 jobs.

Omissions

• The most directly corroborating source (EUROFER) cites a 15-year period (approximately 2010–2025), not the 20-year period ('two decades') claimed by the MEP.
• The figure comes from an industry association (EUROFER) rather than an official statistical body such as Eurostat. No primary official statistical data on EU steel sector job losses over this period could be located within the available searches.
• The MEP did not cite any source for the claim in the speech. The session date is 2026-05-18, meaning the MEP could only reference data up to that date; the EUROFER press release predates the session.
• Only one independent secondary source (EUROFER) was found directly stating the ~100,000 figure; other sources are derivative re-reportings of the same EUROFER data. Two genuinely independent secondary sources or one primary official source could not be confirmed.

Sources

• SecondaryEUROFER (European Steel Association)Nearly 100,000 steel jobs have already been lost in the past 15 years, with more cuts looming now due to unprecedented challenges.
• SecondarySteel Times InternationalNearly 100,000 steel jobs have been lost in the past 15 years, with more cuts looming.