Hvad spørgsmålet om Udvalget for Andragender angår, blev vi enige om at meddele Budgetudvalget, at den foreslåede stigning på 4,69 % for udgifterne til Ombudsmanden er rimelig og passende, også fordi Ombudsmanden i dag er en politisk aktør for EU's demokrati og gennemsigtighed og for den gode og fornuftige forvaltning, som han netop skal holde nøje øje med.
Now, as to the question of the Committee on Petitions, we felt we should suggest to the Committee on Budgets that the proposed increase of 4.69% in the Ombudsman's budget was fair and appropriate, partly because the Ombudsman is now a key political figure in the democracy and transparency of the European Union and in sound administration, which he must guard vigilantly.