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Tomislav Sokol

Hrvatska demokratska zajednica · PPE

Confirmed: 6Nuanced: 9

15 verified claims

Confirmed
According to European Commission data, gatekeepers notified 55 intended concentrations since 2023, 36 of them in the previous year.
Economy
Confirmed
The European Medicines Agency warns of a sharp rise in illegal medicines advertised and sold online.
Health
Nuanced
In a single coordinated action this year, more than 3 million tablets, 104,000 packages of illegal products and over 1,000 kg of medicines and other illicit substances were seized.
Health
Nuanced
The World Health Organization expects the European Union to face a shortage of as many as 950,000 health workers by 2030.
Health
Nuanced
Christians are the most persecuted religious group in the world.
Other
Confirmed
The European Union currently runs a trade surplus of around EUR 220 billion in medicines and pharmaceutical products.
Economy
Nuanced
An estimated 1,000 girls, many of them Christians, are abducted in Pakistan every year to be forcibly converted and married.
Equality
Nuanced
Nearly half of adolescents report being almost constantly online.
Social Policy
Nuanced
Record levels of medicine shortages were recorded across the EU in 2023 and 2024, with the Union facing critical shortages of as many as 136 medicines.
Health
Confirmed
Every sixth young person is exposed to abuse on the internet.
Social Policy
Nuanced
American companies account for up to 85% of the European digital market.
Industry & Employment
Confirmed
65% of adults in Croatia are overweight, and around 35% of children face the same problem.
Health
Nuanced
Croatia has the highest share of overweight persons in the European Union.
Health
Confirmed
In the European Union, about 2.7 million new cancer cases appear every year, while more than 1.2 million citizens lose their lives to this disease
Health
Nuanced
Of 56 approved oncology drugs approved between 2020 and 2023, 54 are available in Germany while only two are available in Malta
Health