What changed
The adopted text drops a reference to local residents' rights and adds support for expanding the Ombudsman network to candidate countries. #5#6 The other changes are formal: decimal commas replace points and a regulation number gains 'EC'. #1#2#3#4
2 changes of substance, plus 4 formal. Each change below carries a one-line ✦ note from the same model. Written from the two texts only — read the highlighted passages before relying on it.
The changes to the text itself, in document order. Cover page, citations (“having regard to …”), standard resolution paragraphs and punctuation-only edits are left out — they are in “Show every difference”.
Change #5 Substance
Drops the sentence stressing that local residents also have rights.
13. Notes the Commission’s decision to work with national and local authorities to draw up a fundamental rights impact assessment of EU-funded migration management facilities, following a relevant own-initiative inquiry by the Ombudsman; stresses that local residents also have rights;
Change #6 Substance
Adds a welcome for Bosnia and Herzegovina's Ombudsman joining the ENO and calls for stronger cooperation with candidate countries' ombudsmen.
27. Stresses the importance of the European Network of Ombudsmen (ENO) and the annual meetings hosted with national and regional ombudsmen through the ENO in further raising awareness of what the European Ombudsman can do for European citizens; encourages the Ombudsman to continue to take part in exchanges of experience and best practice with national ombudsmen through the ENO; takes note of the fact that the 2023 ENO annual conference focused on the protection of human rights and addressing the benefits and potential drawbacks of the use of AI in public administration; encourages civil society organisations to better use the services of the European Ombudsman for carrying out scrutiny of the EU institutions, guaranteeing transparency and handling cases of non-compliance with Union law; welcomes the joining of ENO by the Institution of the Human Rights Ombudsman of Bosnia and Herzegovina; calls on the Ombudsman to strengthen cooperation with the national ombudsmen’s offices of EU candidate countries in order to enhance the capacity of those countries’ public authorities to align themselves with EU standards in terms of good administration, integrity and accountability;