Claim: The EU currently represents 15% of the world's economy and it's forecast to go down to 12% by 2030.
Fact-check: Is the EU becoming less important to the world economy? - Full Fact
Verdict: there is no single estimate, but two separate imf figures say the eu's share  of the global economy is around either 16% or 22% in 2017. that share has been decreasing and is expected to continue doing so. one estimate for 2030 says it could fall to around 12% .
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joël Reland
Date published: 2017-11-17T00:00:00