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Engaging with citizens: the right to petition, the right to refer to the European Ombudsman and the European Citizens’ Initiative

2020/2275(INI)·9th term·AFCO / PETI·INI - Own-initiative procedure·CompletedProcedure completed
Subjects: European citizenship · Citizen's rights · Right of petition · European Ombudsman
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): VEDRENNE Marie-Pierre (Renew)
Summary

This dossier concerns engaging with citizens through the right to petition, the right to refer to the European Ombudsman and the European Citizens' Initiative. The amendments address the Committee on Petitions, follow-up of petitions and links with infringement procedures, the Petitions Web Portal and ePetition database, the Conference on the Future of Europe, Eurobarometer surveys, COVID-19 petitions, and the role of the Ombudsman.

Procedure timeline

  1. Committee amendments tabled
    16 Sep 2021 – 21 Oct 2021
  2. Plenary vote — Passed
    9 Mar 2022 · On the motion for a resolution — the text as a whole
  3. Procedure completed
211
Amendments
distinct, in window
21
Members
tabled at least one
2
Committee(s)
16 Sep 2021 – 21 Oct 2021
Dates

Plenary votes

13 roll-call votes

In plenary, Parliament usually votes in steps: first on amendments to the text (sometimes split into parts, so Members can accept one half of a sentence and reject the other), then on the text as a whole. The “main vote” is the one that adopts or rejects the text itself. Each vote below shows exactly which step it was. How voting works →

  1. Show the 10 earlier votes
    1. 8 Mar 2022Failedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 2 — paragraph 41
      Official label: § 41 - Am 2 · what was voted ↗
      245 for447 against2 abstentions11 did not vote
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    2. 8 Mar 2022Failedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 3 — paragraph 44
      Official label: § 44 - Am 3 · what was voted ↗
      243 for395 against56 abstentions11 did not vote
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    3. 8 Mar 2022Passedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 1 — recital S
      Official label: Considérant S - Am 1 · what was voted ↗
      560 for114 against21 abstentions10 did not vote
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    4. 8 Mar 2022Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 3
      Official label: § 3 · what was voted ↗
      397 for212 against86 abstentions10 did not vote
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    5. 8 Mar 2022Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 5 (part 1 of a split vote)
      Official label: § 5/1 · what was voted ↗
      684 for5 against6 abstentions10 did not vote
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    6. 8 Mar 2022Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 5 (part 2 of a split vote)
      Official label: § 5/2 · what was voted ↗
      405 for272 against18 abstentions10 did not vote
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    7. 8 Mar 2022Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 38 (part 1 of a split vote)
      Official label: § 38/1 · what was voted ↗
      396 for287 against12 abstentions10 did not vote
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    8. 8 Mar 2022Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 38 (part 2 of a split vote)
      Official label: § 38/2 · what was voted ↗
      549 for128 against18 abstentions10 did not vote
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    9. 8 Mar 2022Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 50 (part 1 of a split vote)
      Official label: § 50/1 · what was voted ↗
      630 for27 against38 abstentions10 did not vote
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    10. 8 Mar 2022Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 50 (part 2 of a split vote)
      Official label: § 50/2 · what was voted ↗
      413 for243 against39 abstentions10 did not vote
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  2. 8 Mar 2022Passedoutcome from totals
    On paragraph 70 (part 1 of a split vote)
    Official label: § 70/1 · what was voted ↗
    638 for14 against43 abstentions10 did not vote
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  3. 8 Mar 2022Passedoutcome from totals
    On paragraph 70 (part 2 of a split vote)
    Official label: § 70/2 · what was voted ↗
    455 for215 against25 abstentions10 did not vote
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  4. 9 Mar 2022Main votePassedoutcome from totals
    On the motion for a resolution — the text as a whole
    Official label: Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) · what was voted ↗
    417 for40 against237 abstentions11 did not vote
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Vote data: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL, attribution) / European Parliament · roll-call votes only

Official amendment documents

PE697.540 ↗PE697.540 ↗PE699.084 ↗

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Members who amended this procedure

21 Members · by amendment count
1🇫🇷
Agnès EVREN
European People's Party (EPP) · France
45(45 solo)
2🇪🇸
Cristina MAESTRE
Socialists & Democrats · Spain
45
3🇪🇸
Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO
Socialists & Democrats · Spain
45
4🇲🇹
Alex AGIUS SALIBA
Socialists & Democrats · Malta
45
5🇷🇴
Loránt VINCZE
European People's Party (EPP) · Romania
31(10 solo)
6🇮🇹
Eleonora EVI
Greens / EFA · Italy
29(29 solo)
7🇫🇷
Anne-Sophie PELLETIER
The Left (GUE/NGL) · France
19
8🇪🇸
Sira REGO
The Left (GUE/NGL) · Spain
19
9🇭🇺
Ádám KÓSA
Non-attached · Hungary
16
10🇷🇴
Cristian TERHEŞ
European Conservatives & Reformists · Romania
12(12 solo)
11🇫🇷
Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE
Renew Europe · France
11
12🇪🇸
Jordi CAÑAS
Renew Europe · Spain
11
13🇩🇪
Ulrike MÜLLER
Renew Europe · Germany
11
14🇧🇪
Frédérique RIES
Renew Europe · Belgium
10
15🇷🇴
Vlad GHEORGHE
Renew Europe · Romania
7
16🇫🇷
Pascal DURAND
Socialists & Democrats · France
7(7 solo)
17🇮🇹
Mario FURORE
The Left (GUE/NGL) · Italy
5(5 solo)
18🇮🇪
Seán KELLY
European People's Party (EPP) · Ireland
5
19🇫🇷
François ALFONSI
Greens / EFA · France
3(3 solo)
20🇪🇸
Domènec RUIZ DEVESA
Socialists & Democrats · Spain
3(3 solo)
21🇷🇴
Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN
European People's Party (EPP) · Romania
1(1 solo)

The amendments, in full text

211 amendments

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