Welcome to the Petitions Web Portal
The objective of the petitions process in the European Parliament is to ensure that you have the opportunity to communicate with Parliament and express your right to petition, which is one of the fundamental rights of all European citizens and residents, enshrined both in the Treaty and in the Charter of Fundamental Rights. Read more in the Lisbon Treaty.
Your petition allows Parliament, through its Petitions Committee, to conduct an ongoing reality check on the way in which European legislation is implemented and measure the extent to which the European institutions are responding to your concerns.
The objective of the petitions process in the European Parliament is to ensure that you have the opportunity to communicate with Parliament and express your right to petition, which is one of the fundamental rights of all European citizens and residents, enshrined both in the Treaty and in the Charter of Fundamental Rights.
On 28 January 2026, for the first time, three cities were awarded the European Capital of Small Retail 2026 title.
On 9 October 2025, the European Parliament adopted by 535 votes to 25, with 55 abstentions, a resolution on the deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2024.