Report on the deliberations of the Committee on Petitions - Citizens' petitions during the year 2007

Report on the deliberations of the Committee on Petitions concerning citizens' petitions during 2007. Amendments stress the citizens' right to petition the European Parliament, the need to distinguish it from complaints to the Commission and the European Ombudsman, the committee's duty to provide viable solutions and responses within an adequate time frame, the willingness of Member States and regional authorities to address petitioners' problems, and figures on petitions registered and declared admissible in 2007.