Enhver unionsborger samt enhver fysisk eller juridisk person med bopæl eller hjemsted i en medlemsstat har ret til at indgive andragender til Europa-Parlamentet.  
Every citizen of the Union shall, in the territory of a third country in which the Member State of which he or she is a national is not represented, be entitled to protection by the diplomatic or consular authorities of any Member State, on the same conditions as the nationals of that Member State.  