What changed
Adds a recital and a paragraph on child protection, noting infringement procedures against 18 Member States and calling for prioritised enforcement. #1#4 The other changes are formal: renumbering of paragraphs and removal of footnote markers. #2#3#5#6
2 changes of substance, plus 8 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 #1 Substance
Adds a recital noting that petitions address children's online safety and shortcomings in implementation of EU law, calling for strengthened oversight.
G. whereas a growing number of petitions submitted to Parliament address the rights and safety of children and adolescents in digital environments, particularly the risks of sexual abuse and exploitation; whereas petitions concern shortcomings in child protection more broadly, including online safety and access to child protection services; whereas petitioners frequently draw attention to persistent shortcomings and repeated breaches in the implementation of EU law by Member States in these areas, demonstrating the need for strengthened oversight and timely follow-up;
Change #4 Substance
Adds paragraph 21 noting petitions on child sexual abuse, Commission infringement procedures against 18 Member States, and calling for prioritised enforcement.
21. Notes that Parliament has received several petitions raising serious concerns about child sexual abuse, in particular online, and more broadly about repeated or systemic shortcomings in the implementation of EU law relating to child protection; highlights that, in 2023 and 2025, the Commission followed up on infringement procedures against 18 Member States for their incorrect transposition of Directive 2011/93/EU on combating child sexual abuse, of which 8 cases have been closed; calls on the Commission to prioritise enforcement in this area and to ensure swift and effective follow-up on petitions raising allegations of non-compliance, given the particular vulnerability of children; encourages, in this context, the Commission to use all available procedural and legal means to ensure the full and effective implementation of EU law aimed at preventing and combating child sexual abuse;