Udvalget for Andragender, som jeg er medlem af, og som udarbejdede denne betænkning, er også en direkte forbindelse med borgerne, men det har en anden rolle, nemlig at give borgerne mulighed for at sikre, at medlemsstaternes myndigheder overholder de europæiske bestemmelser, forordninger, finansiering osv. Ombudsmanden og Europa-Parlamentets Udvalg for Andragender supplerer altså på sin vis hinanden.
The committee of which I am a member and which prepared this report, the Committee on Petitions, equally, is a direct link with the citizen, but has a different role in that it enables citizens to ensure that authorities in the Member State comply with European rules, regulations, funding etc. So the Ombudsman and the European Parliament's Petitions Committee are, in a sense, complementary to each other.