The Commission accompanied referral decisions with a request for financial sanctions in 20 cases.

Omissions

• Two independent sources or one primary source confirming the specific figure of 20 cases could not be found. The search results identified European Commission infringement packages from 2025 and early 2026, but none explicitly stated the total number of 20 cases with financial sanctions requests for any relevant period.
• The claim appears to reference 2025 data based on the extractor metadata, but the normalized text does not specify a time period.

Sources

• PrimaryEuropean Commission - March infringements package: key decisionsArticle describes Commission's power to refer cases to Court of Justice with requests for financial sanctions but does not specify '20 cases'
• PrimaryEuropean Commission - November infringements package: key decisionsArticle describes Commission referral decisions to Court of Justice with financial sanctions requests but does not specify '20 cases'