The EU spends hundreds of billions of euros on fossil fuel imports with no additional gas or oil supplies.

Omissions

• The MEP did not specify a time period; the most recent full-year data available at the time of the speech (2025) shows €336.7 billion, which is at the lower end of 'hundreds of billions' and reflects a declining trend (-11.1% vs 2024).
• Eurostat classifies the data as 'energy products,' not exclusively 'fossil fuels.' While fossil fuels (oil, gas, coal) dominate EU energy imports, the category also includes smaller amounts of electricity, biofuels, and other energy products.
• The claim that this spending yields 'not a drop of gas or oil extra' is political rhetoric, not a verifiable factual claim. In reality, the EU imported 723.3 million tonnes of energy products in 2025, supplying the vast majority of its oil and gas consumption — the spending does secure physical energy supplies.
• The Eurostat data was published on 2026-03-25, well before the session date of 2026-06-17, so the MEP could reasonably have been aware of these figures.

Sources

• PrimaryEurostat (European Commission)In 2025, the EU imported €336.7 billion worth of energy products, amounting to 723.3 million tonnes. Compared with 2024, imports decreased both in value (-11.1%) and in net mass (-0.6%).
• PrimaryEurostat Statistics ExplainedThe value of EU imports of energy products decreased by 16.3% in Q1 2026 compared with Q1 2025 while the quantity decreased by 0.3%. In 2022, there was a peak in the monthly average value of petroleum oils, reaching €27.6 billion. This value gradually decreased to €17.7 billion in 2025.