Any citizen of the European Union and any natural or legal person residing or having its registered office in a Member State shall have the right to address, individually or in association with other citizens or persons, a petition to Parliament on a matter which comes within the European Union's fields of activity and which affects him, her or it directly.
Beidh ag gach saoránach den Aontas Eorpach agus ag aon duine nádúrtha nó dlítheanach a chónaíonn nó a bhfuil a oifig chláraithe nó a hoifig chláraithe aige nó aici i mBallstát, ar a chonlán féin nó ar a conlán féin, nó i gcomhlachas le saoránaigh nó daoine eile, an ceart chun achainí a chur os comhair na Parlaiminte ar ábhar a thig faoi réimsí gníomhaíochta an Aontais Eorpaigh agus a bhaineann go díreach leis nó léi.