Human Wrongs Watch
By Oxfam International*
9 October 2025 — The combined wealth of EU billionaires increased by more than 400 billion euros in just six months this year – the equivalent of over two billion euros a day.
A boy sits amid scenes of destruction in Macomia town after it was hit by tropical cyclone Kenneth, which made landfall in Cabo Delgado province in Northern Mozambique, on 25th April 2019. Photo: Tommy Trenchard/Oxfam
That is according to Oxfam’s new report, “A European Agenda to Tax the Super-Rich” which comes ahead of European finance ministers meeting to discuss ways to finance the EU’s budget.
In 2025, the EU counted nearly 500 billionaires, 39 more than in 2024. In the last year alone, a new billionaire was created, on average, every 9 days in the EU.
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