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"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the González Álvarez report deals the deliberations of the Committee on Petitions during the parliamentary year 2002-2003. It does not really present any new difficulties. This is because essentially what it does is to provide an overview of the activity of this committee and confirm its role. Nonetheless, I did table amendments on behalf of the PPE Group. These amendments were adopted, thus introducing a number of improvements. The latter related to improvement of working methods and focused in particular on raising awareness of the work of the committee. A greater effort to provide a swifter response to petitions received is also called for.
Mrs González Álvarez’s report emphasises that by its very nature, the Committee on Petitions acts as a link between Parliament and the citizens of Europe. This committee is becoming increasingly important due to its close ties with the citizens. As enlargement approaches, the committee’s work should continue. It must be intensified and strengthened. In addition, the committee’s efficiency needs to be above reproach.
To this end, it is essential to ensure that the Committee on Petitions becomes more widely known. paragraph 23 does in fact state that with a view to the accession of new Member States to the EU, Parliament calls for firmer measures to ensure that the new European citizens are aware of their right to petition Parliament, the Commission and the Ombudsman under Articles 21 and 194 of the Treaty.
In this context, our committee should improve its brand image with the citizens as the Union faces up to significant challenges. Over and above presenting the current state of affairs, the main aim of this report is to assist the Committee on Petitions to develop as appropriate and meet its objective to be the practical tool enabling citizenship of an enlarged Europe to be exercised and actually bring Europe closer to the citizens, in a practical way."@en1
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