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DRAFT REPORT (2025/XXXX(INI))

On the deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2024

PETI-PR-773363

Committee on Petitions · Rapporteur: Fredis Beleris

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This draft report on the Committee on Petitions' 2024 activities reviews petitions received, their admissibility, main themes, and relations with EU institutions, and sets out Parliament's positions and recommendations. It notes that 1,518 petitions were received in 2024, a 4.3% increase from 2023, with 40.25% declared inadmissible, and calls for awareness campaigns to reduce inadmissibility. It stresses the need for enhanced cooperation with the Commission, Member States, and other committees to improve petition handling and transparency, including on infringement procedures. It highlights the environment as the main concern, the committee's work on disability rights, and its constructive relations with the European Ombudsman.

Committee position. The rapporteur proposes that Parliament adopt a resolution recalling the committee's role, calling for enhanced cooperation and transparency, and welcoming progress on the Petitions Web Portal and relations with the Ombudsman.

Key points

  1. Recalls the Committee on Petitions' role in protecting citizens' rights and ensuring timely, effective examination of petitions through an open, democratic, transparent process.
  2. Calls for awareness-raising campaigns to inform citizens about EU competences and the right to petition, to reduce inadmissible petitions.
  3. Calls for enhanced cooperation between EU institutions and national, regional, and local authorities, including participation of Member States' representatives in committee meetings and timely responses.
  4. Stresses the need for clear, simple, and empathic Commission answers to petitions and welcomes the creation of a webpage on infringement cases, urging transparency and access to information.
  5. Calls for more active cooperation from Member States to unblock petitions requiring prompt responses.
  6. Recalls the e-Petition database as an essential tool and the Commission's commitment to an interinstitutional IT tool for sharing information on petition follow-up.
  7. Notes that in 2024, 30 requests for opinion and 450 requests for information were sent to other committees, and calls for stepped-up contributions from committees.
  8. Takes note that environment remained the main concern with over 20% of petitions, urging correct implementation of EU environmental legislation.
  9. Stresses the committee's contribution to protecting rights of persons with disabilities, including the annual workshop on the strategy for 2021-2030.
  10. Welcomes constructive cooperation with the European Ombudsman and calls for consistent follow-up to Ombudsman recommendations.
  11. Welcomes improvements to the Petitions Web Portal and stresses continued efforts to make it more accessible, including for persons with disabilities.

Who is affected

  • EU citizens and residents who submit petitions to the European Parliament.
  • The European Commission, which is called on to provide clear answers and improve transparency on infringement procedures.
  • Member States' national authorities, which are urged to cooperate more actively and respond to committee requests.
  • Other parliamentary committees, which are asked to contribute expertise to petition examination.
  • Persons with disabilities, as the committee works on petitions related to disability rights and accessibility.

Figures and deadlines

  • 1,518 petitions received in 2024, an increase of 4.3% from 2023 and 19.8% from 2022.
  • 15,661 users supported petitions in 2024, down from 26,331 in 2023 and 22,441 in 2022.
  • 611 petitions declared inadmissible and 31 withdrawn in 2024; inadmissibility rate 40.25%.
  • 82% of petitions submitted via the Petitions Web Portal in 2024.
  • 106 petitions discussed at eight committee meetings in 2024, with 106 petitioners present.
  • More than 20% of petitions raised environmental issues in 2024.

Legal basis: Articles 10 and 11 of the Treaty on European Union; Articles 24, 227, 228, 258, and 260 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; Article 44 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights.