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Mr President, I should like to thank the Commissioner and also congratulate Mr Wieland on his excellent report.
As a member of the Committee on Petitions, may I say that it is a really good example of a cross-party, consensual approach to problem-solving. However, Member States’ responses are often inadequate. Sometimes they are simply not forthcoming. The Council is rarely present in the committees. However, recognition is due to the Commission officials who regularly brief our committee for the work we are undertaking. The committee is a brilliant interface between the citizens and the institutions and it brings forward solutions to problems at both EU and Member State level. Member States’ intransigence is also highlighted. I would, at this point, also like to pay tribute to our current chairman Mr Libicki, who has carried on the good work of our previous chairman.
There is only one element in Mr Wieland’s report with which I could perhaps quibble, and that is his reference in paragraph 17 to a standing working group or subcommittee. This is, after all, a report on the previous year’s deliberations and we should not undermine the role or the work of the Bureau and its coordinators. But I look forward to seeing how we can address the issue of the increasing number of petitions that we have to deal with. You will not have heard this from me before, Commissioner, but in that regard we will need additional resources. Without the resources, we cannot serve our citizens. The secretariat is severely understaffed, but again I have to pay tribute to its staff. They work extremely hard and supply us with everything we need, but their job would be a lot easier if the secretariat was fully staffed. We also need additional resources to promote the right of petition, especially in the new Member States, and to ensure that, where necessary, the Commission is fully willing and able to enforce the infringement process.
Finally, we must never forget that the right to petition enshrined in the Treaties is an important example of the exercise of citizens’ democratic rights and their ability to hold the institutions and their Member States to account."@en1
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