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"One of the fundamental rights of European citizens is, individually or in association, to exercise their right of petition to the European Parliament (Article 227 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union) on any matter which comes within the Union’s fields of activity and which affects them directly. During 2011 nearly a thousand petitions were submitted, with around 400 falling outside the area of competence of the Committee on Petitions, for which reason they were forwarded to other services or closed. An increasing number of petitions are being submitted on issues not falling with the EU’s field of activity. The most common issues raised by petitions were: 1. violation of fundamental rights; 2. operation of the internal market, and 3. environmental problems. As regards the country of origin, Germany is the source of the highest number of petitions, followed by Spain and Italy. Curiously, the countries concerned by the petitions are, in decreasing order, Italy, Spain and Germany. I welcome the work carried out by this committee, in constructive cooperation with the European Ombudsman, which plays a vital intermediary role between the citizens and the European Parliament and which helps to motivate the citizens and increases their confidence in the European institutions."@en1
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