The EU is providing more than EUR 1 million for the current Ebola preparedness and response effort.

Omissions

• The claim is a lower-bound statement ('more than EUR 1 million'): actual EU funding for the current effort is in the tens of millions of euros, so the figure substantially understates the real amount.
• The EUR 16.5 million was announced on 9 June 2026 (before the 8 July 2026 session), so the MEP could have known it.
• Earlier related EU allocations in 2026 include EUR 15 million in humanitarian assistance for the Ebola outbreak in the DRC and Uganda and a EUR 5 million boost to the DRC response.
• The exact wording of the claim comes from the Commissioner's own speech; verification of the underlying funding figure is based on the Commission's 9 June 2026 announcement and independent secondary reporting.

Sources

• PrimaryEuropean Commission – Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO)Commissioner for crisis management Hadja Lahbib has announced €16.5 million in additional EU support to stop the Ebola outbreak.
• SecondaryReliefWeb (repost of European Commission announcement)Commissioner for crisis management Hadja Lahbib has announced €16.5 million in additional EU support to stop the Ebola outbreak.
• SecondaryEunewsThe European Commission has announced a new €16.5 million aid package to strengthen the response to the Ebola outbreak.
• SecondaryUNRIC (United Nations Regional Information Centre)In response to the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, the EU is allocating €15 million – of which €5 million ...
• SecondaryEuronewsThe European Union has announced an additional €5 million in funding to support efforts to contain the latest Ebola outbreak in eastern [DRC].