EU has had similar excess mortality in 2022 as 2021 and 2020

...and it has been significantly higher than 2017, 2018, 2019.

Scroll down to cumulative excess mortality charts that make this clearer.

Note that this is all-cause mortality, not just COVID. I found this unexpected given the big difference in the news coverage and policy in 2022 compared to prior years.

For the 0-14 & 15-44 years ranges the all-cause excess mortality is highest in 2022 > 2021 > 2020. You wouldn't expect these numbers going by the news coverage.