There are nearly 100 million carers in Europe.

Omissions

• No primary official source (e.g. Eurostat, Eurofound report explicitly stating '100 million carers') was found that directly confirms the exact claimed figure under a specified definition.
• The most recent and directly relevant primary source found — Eurofound's 2024 publication on unpaid care in the EU — reports that 45% of the EU population provides unpaid care, equivalent to approximately 202 million people, roughly double the claimed figure. This suggests the claim may be significantly underestimated if using a comparably broad definition of 'carer'.
• The MEP did not cite any source for the claim, nor did they specify whether 'aidants' refers to all unpaid carers (including childcare) or only to those caring for dependent adults, making precise verification impossible.
• The figure of '100 million carers' has historically been cited for Europe as a whole (including non-EU countries) rather than the EU-27 specifically, which may inflate the number relative to the EU-only figure.

Sources

• PrimaryEurofound (European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions)Around 45% of the EU population provides unpaid care, with one in ten juggling multiple caregiving roles at once.