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Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2024

TA-10-2025-0228 · P10_TA(2025)0228 · PE773.363

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Parliament's resolution on the Committee on Petitions' 2024 work notes 1,518 petitions received, a 4.3% rise from 2023, and calls for better communication, transparency, and cooperation to improve petition handling. It urges modernising digital tools, exploring AI, and making the process accessible, including for sign language users, while stressing the need for timely Commission responses and Member State cooperation.

Key points

  1. Calls for timely, effective, and accessible examination of petitions, with petitioners informed of actions; regrets this is not always the case and suggests grouping similar petitions.
  2. Urges awareness campaigns on the right to petition, especially for under-represented groups, and clearer communication to reduce inadmissible petitions.
  3. Stresses the need for enhanced cooperation between EU institutions and national authorities, with meaningful participation of Member States' representatives in committee meetings.
  4. Welcomes the Commission's new web page on infringements and calls for regular updates and access to information on infringement and EU Pilot procedures related to petitions.
  5. Calls for an independent evaluation of Commission responses to petitions, focusing on readability, relevance, and sensitivity.
  6. Highlights the need to modernise digital tools and explore human-guided AI to improve petition treatment.
  7. Calls for swift deployment of an interinstitutional IT tool between Commission and Parliament to share information on petition follow-up.
  8. Notes that environment was the main concern in 2024, with over 20% of petitions on environmental issues, and urges correct implementation of EU environmental law.
  9. Requests modification of Rules of Procedure to allow sign language use in petition procedures, and urges integration of petition findings into the disability strategy review.
  10. Calls for increased efforts to improve school education and teacher attractiveness, following concerns about teacher shortages.

Who is affected

  • EU citizens and residents who submit petitions, ensuring their concerns are examined and they receive feedback.
  • Persons with disabilities, particularly sign language users, who would gain the right to use sign language in petition procedures.
  • The European Commission, which must provide timely, clear responses and improve transparency on infringement procedures.
  • Member States' authorities, which are urged to cooperate and provide timely responses to committee requests.

Figures and deadlines

  • 1,518 petitions received in 2024, an increase of 4.3% from 2023 and 19.8% from 2022.
  • 611 petitions declared inadmissible and 31 withdrawn in 2024; inadmissibility rate 40.25%.
  • 15,661 users supported petitions in 2024, down from 26,331 in 2023 and 22,441 in 2022.
  • 82% of petitions in 2024 were submitted via the Petitions Web Portal.
  • In 2024, 30 requests for opinion and 450 requests for information were sent to other committees; 26 opinions received.

Legal basis: Articles 10 and 11 of the Treaty on European Union; Articles 20, 24, 227, 228, 258 and 260 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; Article 44 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights