The European External Action Service costs over 1 billion euros per year.

Omissions

• The MEP did not specify which year's budget was being referenced. The most recent available data (2026 draft budget: 959.7 M€; 2025: ~932.5 M€) shows the EEAS budget is close to but below 1 billion euros.
• The claim states 'over 1 billion' as a floor, but the actual figures consistently fall below that threshold. The direction of the claim is incorrect even though the magnitude is in the same ballpark.
• The 2026 draft budget source was published after the session date (the PDF metadata likely dates from 2025), but the data it contains refers to the 2026 budgetary period, which was known and published as a Commission proposal in mid-2025 and therefore available to the MEP before the June 2026 session.
• Only the draft budget was verified; the final adopted 2026 budget may differ marginally but is unlikely to cross the 1 billion threshold given the draft figure of 959.7 M€.

Sources

• PrimaryEUR-Lex — Draft Budget 2026, Section X: European External Action ServiceThe EEAS draft budget for 2026 is calculated at 959.7 M€, which represents an increase by 27.2 M€ (+2.9%) and 14 net full-time equivalents compared to the 2025 budget.