The European Commission's proposals last year included EUR 247 million in additional administrative costs.

Omissions

• Only a single source reproducing the official answer could be retrieved; no primary Commission document (e.g. the Annual Burden Survey or the relevant Commission answer on EUR-Lex) was accessible within the search budget, so the figure is not corroborated by a second independent source.
• The EUR 247 million is explicitly framed as one element of a net calculation: 'the net result of EUR 15.25 billion in cost savings and EUR 247 million in additional costs'. The savings figure is EUR 15.25 billion, slightly above the EUR 15 billion cited by the speaker.
• The figures relate to the Commission's 'one in, two out' simplification commitments and its 2025 proposal package (the omnibus/simplification proposals); the exact reference period covered by the 15.25/0.247 billion pair is not specified in the source retrieved.
• Presenting the EUR 247 million as a separate 'additional administrative costs' item alongside the EUR 15 billion reduction is accurate only as a gross/net breakdown; the Commission's own headline is the net reduction.

Sources

• SecondaryPappers Politique — written question QECR1023347 ('One in, two out' principle), reproducing the official answer"This is the net result of EUR 15.25 billion in cost savings and EUR 247 million in additional costs. This result is already now significantly more ambitious ..."