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Report (2025/2138(INI)) 2026-03-03

Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024

4.3.2026 A10-0015/21

Amendment 21

Cristina Guarda

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Report A10-0015/2026

Bogdan Rzońca

Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024

(2025/2138(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
20. Takes note of the Ombudsman’s decision to open an inquiry into the Commission’s data collection on the impact of the wolf population in the EU; notes, however, that in accordance with the Ombudsman’s statute, the inquiry had to be closed due to a pending case before the CJEU (T-634/24), where the same issues are raised; underlines the importance of basing any decision regarding the legal protection status of wolves on scientific evidence and the protection of rural communities;20. Welcomes the Ombudsman’s decision to open an inquiry into the Commission’s data collection on the impact of the wolf population in the EU; notes, however, that in accordance with the Ombudsman’s statute, the inquiry had to be closed due to a pending case before the CJEU (T-634/24), where the same issues are raised; expresses deep concern that the decision to downgrade the protected status of wolves, which lacks sound scientific evidence and is aggravated by a lack of public access to documents and insufficient efforts to implement adequate preventive measures, at odds with the provisions of the Bern Convention, created a troubling precedent, endangering the overall approach to conservation goals and the management of wildlife and natural habitats;

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