Procedure

Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2024

2025/2114(INI)·10th term·PETI·INI

Summary

Report on the deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2024. Amendments revise recitals citing Articles 20, 24 and 227 TFEU and Parliament's Rules of Procedure, the number of petitions and web-portal supporters, rising inadmissibility, transparency and feedback to petitioners, fact-finding visits, the protected status of wolves, and main concerns including the environment, fundamental rights and the rule of law, with references to petitions on conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine.

Procedure timeline

Committee amendments tabled
7 Jul 2025
Plenary vote — Adopted
9 Oct 2025 · On the motion for a resolution · the text as a whole

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7 Jul 2025

Dates

Plenary votes

11 roll-call votes

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1. 9 Oct 2025Rejected
  On amendment 3 · text to be inserted after paragraph 3
  Official label: Après le § 3 - Am 3 · what was voted ↗
  123 for459 against33 abstentions104 did not vote
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2. 9 Oct 2025Rejected
  On amendment 4 · text to be inserted after paragraph 4
  Official label: Après le § 4 - Am 4 · what was voted ↗
  104 for495 against16 abstentions104 did not vote
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3. 9 Oct 2025Adopted
  On paragraph 5
  Official label: § 5 · what was voted ↗
  490 for109 against18 abstentions102 did not vote
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4. 9 Oct 2025Rejected
  On amendment 5 · text to be inserted after paragraph 5
  Official label: Après le § 5 - Am 5 · what was voted ↗
  128 for431 against51 abstentions109 did not vote
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5. 9 Oct 2025Rejected
  On amendment 6 · text to be inserted after paragraph 6
  Official label: Après le § 6 - Am 6 · what was voted ↗
  129 for449 against34 abstentions107 did not vote
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6. 9 Oct 2025Rejected
  On amendment 7 · text to be inserted after paragraph 7
  Official label: Après le § 7 - Am 7 · what was voted ↗
  101 for497 against9 abstentions112 did not vote
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7. 9 Oct 2025Rejected
  On amendment 8 · text to be inserted after paragraph 8
  Official label: Après le § 8 - Am 8 · what was voted ↗
  101 for501 against9 abstentions108 did not vote
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8. 9 Oct 2025Rejected
  On amendment 13 · text to be inserted after paragraph 9
  Official label: Après le § 9 - Am 13 · what was voted ↗
  65 for529 against18 abstentions107 did not vote
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9 Oct 2025Rejected
On amendment 11 · text to be inserted after paragraph 15
Official label: Après le § 15 - Am 11 · what was voted ↗
217 for333 against64 abstentions105 did not vote
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9 Oct 2025Adopted
On paragraph 20 (part 2 of a split vote)
Official label: § 20/2 · what was voted ↗
487 for97 against31 abstentions104 did not vote
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9 Oct 2025Main voteAdopted
On the motion for a resolution · the text as a whole
Official label: Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) · what was voted ↗
535 for24 against55 abstentions105 did not vote
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Vote data: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL, attribution) / European Parliament · roll-call votes only

Plenary amendments13 tabled on this text

Amendments tabled for the plenary sitting on this text, in their own numbering series. This is a different set from the committee amendments tracked elsewhere on AmendEU, and is not counted in any of the site’s amendment totals.

Amendment 1Verts/ALEMotion for a resolution · Recital N a (new)
Amendment
Na. whereas the Committee on Petitions dealt with the protected status of wolves in the EU, assessing data and information following the submission of a petition in which the petitioner complained about the Commission’s planned downgrading of the protected status of wolves in the EU, criticising the alleged influence of the hunters’ lobby;
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Amendment 2Verts/ALEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 2 a (new)
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2a. Calls on the Commission to revise, as a matter of priority, its strategic approach on enforcing EU law, so as to enable Parliament to make full use of the potential of the right to petition enshrined in the EU Treaties as well as in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU; believes that the Commission must ensure transparency and access to documents exchanged between its services and Member States’ authorities in the framework of infringement and EU pilot procedures as well as drastically reducing the time it takes to bring infringement cases before the Court of Justice of the EU; reiterates its call on the Commission to provide legal clarity on the criteria used to take formal actio…
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Amendment 3Verts/ALEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 3 a (new)
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3a. Strongly criticises the fact that the Commission cited a report by the Large Carnivore Initiative for Europe (LCIE) specialist group to justify the downgrading of the wolf’s protection in the EU, despite having previously used the same report as the basis for opposing a proposal with the same scope and despite no significant changes in wolf populations having been recorded; is deeply concerned that the decision to downgrade the protected status of wolves – which lacks sound scientific evidence, exacerbated by the lack of public access to documents and insufficient efforts to implement adequate preventive measures, and is at odds with the provisions of the Bern Convention – has created a…
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Amendment 4Verts/ALEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 4 a (new)
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4a. Criticises the double standards used in the follow-up given to petitions, which exponentially increased in 2024; regrets that petitions were closed or not discussed in the Committee on Petitions, although drafted with solid, high-profile legal and analytical arguments, complemented by supporting documents that clearly explained the data and facts regarding the multiple violations of EU law affecting thousands of citizens, such as in the case of the petition on the environmental consequences of constructing a cellulose processing facility in Galicia, which would be highly detrimental to public health, the environment and the economy of the Galician territory concerned, while at the same t…
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Amendment 5Verts/ALEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 5 a (new)
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5a. Appreciates the work performed by the Committee on Petitions in urging the Commission to take action in the light of the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), which confirmed that the current rough tests on pesticides, as set out in the relevant EU law’s provisions, are insufficient to assess and ensure the absence of long-term toxic effects for both human health and the environment, including for the mixture of the pesticides’ active substances declared as co-formulants, given that this mixture is generally more toxic than any active substance alone; underlines that the European Food Safety Authority acknowledged that it does not have any exhaustive methods to e…
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Amendment 6Verts/ALEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 6 a (new)
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6a. Strongly criticises the Commission for its delay in handling the infringement procedure against Italy on the serious violations of EU law, notably the breach of the Industrial Emissions Directive1a, arising from the management of the ILVA steel plant, which is the biggest steel plant in Europe; regrets that, although the Commission launched the infringement procedure concerned (INFR(2013)2177) in 2013 and although the area surrounding the ILVA steel plant persistently recorded high levels of cardiovascular, respiratory and carcinogenic diseases, including in children, with fatal effects in many cases, as well as very high levels of air pollutants, in more than a decade the Commission nev…
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Amendment 7Verts/ALEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 7 a (new)
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7a. Highlights the paramount activities by the Committee on Petitions in 2024 in dealing with petitions submitted by the Fossil Free Politics coalition, calling for the fossil fuel industry to be held to account for its role in the energy and cost of living crisis as well as for an end to the fossil-fuel industry’s influence in EU decision-making, in view of the substantial irrefutable evidence brought to light, showing that for many years the fossil fuel industry had full awareness about the dangers for the climate posed by its products and, rather than supporting a transition to a future based on renewable energy, chose to spread climate denialism and disinformation; underlines that, in a…
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Amendment 8Verts/ALEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 8 a (new)
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8a. Strongly criticises the way the Committee on Petitions handled a petition, filed on behalf of Plataforma Ulloa Viva, denouncing the serious detrimental environmental consequences related to a project to construct a cellulose processing facility in Galicia; strongly regrets the breach of the procedural rules, which led to this petition being closed, although the petitioners, supported by various associations and local authorities, submitted very detailed legal and scientific analyses proving that this project fails to meet the criteria set out in Regulation (EU) 2021/241, establishing the Recovery and Resilience Facility1a, and entails a very high level of natural resource consumption, ma…
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Amendment 9The LeftMotion for a resolution · Recital D
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D. whereas in 2024, 15 661 users supported petitions on Parliament’s Petitions Web Portal – a significant decline compared to 26 331 in 2023 and 22 441 in 2022; whereas the number of support clicks also dropped to 17 745 in 2024, compared to 29 287 in 2023 and 27 927 in 2022;
Amendment
D. whereas in 2024, 15 661 users supported petitions on Parliament’s Petitions Web Portal – a significant decline compared to 26 331 in 2023 and 22 441 in 2022; whereas the number of support clicks also dropped to 17 745 in 2024, compared to 29 287 in 2023 and 27 927 in 2022; whereas many petitions were closed directly in the summary document, which is an administrative act, yet contains no reasoned motivation; whereas those petitions were never given the opportunity of being heard by the committee after being declared admissible;
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Amendment 10The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 4 a (new)
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4a. Emphasises that petitioners have the right to be informed in a transparent manner about the applicable rules and conditions for reimbursement of expenses for attending meetings of the Committee on Petitions in person; recalls that the participation of petitioners in those committee meetings is governed by Article 9 of the Bureau Decision of 24 June 2024 laying down rules on public hearings and stating that the only requirement for the petitioner is that their place of origin is inside the Union; draws attention to the fact that a number of petitioners have been required to provide information on their financial situation as a condition to be able to present their petitions to the committ…
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Amendment 11The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 15 a (new)
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15a. Recalls the petitions submitted in relation to the tragic train accident in Tempi, Greece, which raised serious concerns regarding rail safety, infrastructure management, accountability in transport operations for civil servants and members of the government, the rule of law, and the misuse of EU funds; calls on the Commission and national authorities to assess systemic shortcomings in railway oversight and proper allocation of EU resources, ensure full transparency in investigations and strengthen EU-level safety standards; calls for the inclusion of petitioner feedback in policy debates on cross-border rail infrastructure, whistleblower protection, and accountability in transport gove…
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Amendment 12ECRMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment
1a. Underlines the important role played by the Committee on Petitions in the previous term as the voice of citizens in the face of abuses during the COVID-19 pandemic, lack of transparency, discrimination and violations of fundamental rights; recalls its contribution to combating discrimination against Romanian and Bulgarian citizens before their countries joined the Schengen area, starting with Petition 0004/2023 submitted by Răzvan-Eugen Nicolescu on behalf of the Asociația pentru Energie Curată și Combaterea Schimbărilor Climatice, which led to the plenary resolution on accession; acknowledges the examination of Petition 1168/2023 submitted by Mihai Igna on behalf of the ‘Together we bri…
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Amendment 13Verts/ALEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 9 a (new)
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9a. Believes that each pro-European political group in Parliament must be given the chance to have at least one of its proposed petitions falling within the EU’s fields of activity included on the agenda of any meeting of the Committee on Petitions, through either the urgency or the ordinary procedure, in order to enhance the committee’s democratic functioning;
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