Use of private jets in 2025

Priority question for written answer P-000176/2026
to the Commission
Rule 144
Martin Schirdewan (The Left)

Since 2018, and in accordance with Article 6(2) of Commission decision C(2018)0700[1], Commissioners have been required to publish all missions, including related expenditures. This information published on the Commission website has raised further questions.

• 1.On what routes were private planes used by EU officials in 2025, how many passengers and which Commissioners were on board?
• 2.What was he Commission's budget (per year) for transport via private plane in 2025 and what is it projected to be for 2026?
• 3.Are there other air taxi journeys by Commissioners or by Commission President von der Leyen for which the costs were borne by them themselves or were charged to a budget other than the EU budget, and, if so, what were the itineraries and costs involved in 2025, and how were the respective travel costs for the individual itineraries billed?

Submitted: 15.1.2026

• [1] OJ C 65, 21.2.2018, p. 7-20.