2025/2138(INI) Own-initiative report First reading

Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024

Parliament sets out its own position on a topic. The resolution is not binding but signals what Parliament wants.

Where it stands: Parliament rejected the text on 12 March 2026; no position was adopted.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 10 July 2025
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 28 January 2026
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 17 February 2026
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Rejected 12 March 2026
  5. ✓ Parliament’s position No text adopted
How a file moves through Parliament

A file is referred to one lead committee (others may give an opinion). Its rapporteur writes a draft report, committee members table amendments, and the committee votes to adopt the report. The report is then tabled for all MEPs; political groups can table further amendments, which are voted on before the final vote in plenary. The adopted resolution is Parliament’s final position; it is not itself law.

Who is working on it

Lead committee
PETI — Petitions
Rapporteur
Bogdan RZOŃCA ECR
Shadow rapporteurs
Gheorghe FALCĂ PPEMurielle LAURENT S&DPál SZEKERES PfEKosma ZŁOTOWSKI ECREugen TOMAC RenewNikos PAPPAS The Left

The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.

The text, version by version

Committee draft Draft report (PETI) 8 September 2025⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0015/2026 17 February 2026

Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph.

Timeline

  1. Plenary stage
  2. 12 March 2026 Debated in plenary

    MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.

    Sitting of 12 March 2026 📄 Report A10-0015/2026
  3. 12 March 2026 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 12 March 2026 📄 Report A10-0015/2026
    Rejected Rejected narrowly
    For 233 Against 250 Abstained 76

    Final vote — text as a whole at 12:16 · 42% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

    How the vote unfolded · 70 ballots

    adopted rejected lapsed square = amendment circle = part of the text decisive vote Solid = roll call (click for every MEP’s vote); faded = no individual positions

    Show all 70 ballots in voting order
    1. Separate vote: paragraph 2 § 2
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    2. Separate vote: paragraph 4 § 4
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    3. Separate vote: paragraph 4 § 4
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    4. Separate vote: paragraph 5 § 5
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    5. Separate vote: paragraph 6 § 6
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    6. Separate vote: paragraph 6 § 6
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    7. Separate vote: paragraph 6 § 6
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    8. Separate vote: paragraph 7 § 7
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    9. Separate vote: paragraph 8 § 8
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    10. Separate vote: paragraph 8 § 8
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    11. Separate vote: paragraph 8 § 8
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    12. Separate vote: paragraph 8 § 8
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    13. Separate vote: paragraph 8 § 8
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    14. Separate vote: paragraph 8 § 8
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    15. Separate vote: paragraph 8 § 8
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    16. Separate vote: after paragraph 8 After § 8
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    17. Separate vote: paragraph 9 § 9
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    18. Separate vote: paragraph 10 § 10
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    19. Separate vote: paragraph 10 § 10
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    20. Separate vote: paragraph 11 § 11
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    21. Separate vote: paragraph 11 § 11
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    22. Separate vote: paragraph 11 § 11
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    23. Amendments 15 + 36 (voted as one) 12:10 A10-0015/2026 – Bogdan Rzońca – § 12 – Am 15D= 36D=
    Rejected
    24. Paragraph 12 — part 1 12:10 A10-0015/2026 – Bogdan Rzońca – § 12/1
    Adopted
    25. Paragraph 12 — part 2 12:10 A10-0015/2026 – Bogdan Rzońca – § 12/2
    Rejected
    26. Paragraph 12 — part 3 12:10 A10-0015/2026 – Bogdan Rzońca – § 12/3
    Rejected
    27. Paragraph 12 — part 4 12:10 A10-0015/2026 – Bogdan Rzońca – § 12/4
    Rejected
    28. Separate vote: paragraph 13 § 13
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    29. Amendment 31 12:11 A10-0015/2026 – Bogdan Rzońca – § 13 – Am 31
    Rejected
    30. Amendment 24 12:11 A10-0015/2026 – Bogdan Rzońca – § 14 – Am 24
    Rejected
    31. Separate vote: after paragraph 15 After § 15
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    32. Amendment 37 12:11 A10-0015/2026 – Bogdan Rzońca – § 16 – Am 37
    Rejected
    33. Amendment 17 12:11 A10-0015/2026 – Bogdan Rzońca – § 16 – Am 17
    Rejected
    34. Separate vote: paragraph 16 § 16
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    35. Separate vote: paragraph 16 § 16
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    36. Separate vote: paragraph 16 § 16
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    37. Amendment 38 12:12 A10-0015/2026 – Bogdan Rzońca – § 17 – Am 38
    Rejected
    38. Amendment 18 12:12 A10-0015/2026 – Bogdan Rzońca – § 17 – Am 18
    Rejected
    39. Amendment 26 12:12 A10-0015/2026 – Bogdan Rzońca – § 17 – Am 26
    Rejected
    40. Separate vote: paragraph 17 12:13 A10-0015/2026 – Bogdan Rzońca – § 17
    Adopted
    41. Amendment 39 12:13 A10-0015/2026 – Bogdan Rzońca – After § 17 – Am 39
    Rejected
    42. Separate vote: paragraph 18 § 18
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    43. Separate vote: paragraph 18 § 18
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    44. Separate vote: paragraph 18 § 18
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    45. Separate vote: after paragraph 18 After § 18
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    46. Amendment 40 — part 1 12:13 A10-0015/2026 – Bogdan Rzońca – § 19 – Am 40/1
    Adopted
    47. Amendment 40 — part 2 12:13 A10-0015/2026 – Bogdan Rzońca – § 19 – Am 40/2
    Rejected
    48. Separate vote: paragraph 20 § 20
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    49. Separate vote: paragraph 20 § 20
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    50. Separate vote: paragraph 20 § 20
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    51. Amendment 41 12:14 A10-0015/2026 – Bogdan Rzońca – After § 21 – Am 41
    Rejected
    52. Separate vote: after paragraph 22 After § 22
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    53. Separate vote: after paragraph 27 After § 27
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    54. Amendment 22 12:14 A10-0015/2026 – Bogdan Rzońca – Recital B – Am 22
    Rejected
    55. Separate vote: recital C Recital C
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    56. Separate vote: recital C Recital C
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    57. Separate vote: recital Q Recital Q
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    58. Separate vote: recital R Recital R
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    59. Separate vote: recital R Recital R
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    60. Separate vote: recital T Recital T
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    61. Separate vote: recital T Recital T
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    62. Separate vote: recital U Recital U
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    63. Separate vote: recital U Recital U
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    64. Separate vote: recital V Recital V
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    65. Separate vote: recital W Recital W
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    66. Separate vote: recital W Recital W
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    67. Amendment 27 12:16 A10-0015/2026 – Bogdan Rzońca – Recital AC – Am 27
    Rejected
    68. Separate vote: recital AC Recital AC
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    69. Separate vote: recital AC Recital AC
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    70. Final vote — text as a whole 12:16 A10-0015/2026 – Bogdan Rzońca – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)
    Rejected
  4. 3 March – 4 March 2026 45 amendments tabled for the plenary vote

    Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.

    📄 Amendments 1–10📄 Amendments 11–20📄 Amendment 21📄 Amendments 22–25📄 Amendment 26📄 Amendments 27–35📄 Amendments 36–41📄 Amendments 42–45
  5. 17 February 2026 Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    📄 Report A10-0015/2026
  6. Committee stage
  7. 28 January 2026 Committee vote: report adopted

    PETI (Petitions) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  8. 3 October – 16 December 2025 Amendments tabled in committee (2 batches)

    Members of PETI (Petitions) proposed changes to the draft.

    📄 Amendments in committee (PETI)📄 Amendments in committee (PETI)
  9. 8 September 2025 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in PETI (Petitions). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (PETI)
  10. 10 July 2025 Referred to the PETI (Petitions) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.