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Petr Ježek
Born in Prague in 1965. A graduate of Prague’s University of Economics, Petr Ježek joined his country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and served as a diplomat. For some ten years, he held relatively high posts related to the country’s ties with the EU, e.g. heading the Foreign Ministry’s European Integration Department and serving as Deputy State Secretary for European Affairs. He also worked as chief of staff of then Czech Prime Minister Vladimír Špidla. In 2014, Petr Ježek was elected Member of the European Parliament on the ballot of the ANO 2011 party.
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The European Parliament’ newly-formed Special Committee for Tax Rulings and Other Measures Similar in Nature of Effect (TAXE) met in Strasbourg on Monday night for their first business meeting. The committee was set up last month in the wake of “LuxLeaks” disclosures about tax rulings arrangements between multinational companies and national authorities, which revealed massive tax avoidance schemes.
“I am glad that the setting up of this special committee was originally an ALDE group idea that was at the end taken on board by the EP and that this committee has started to work,” says Petr Ježek who has been appointed member of the committee.
Last night, the committee discussed how to best address this issue within the fixed timeframe (6 months) and look into tax ruling and other malpractices as far back as January 1. They will also review the way the European Commission treats state aid in member states and the extent to which they are transparent about their tax rulings.
Committee members agreed to use existing materials such as those published by the OECD for example, and to organize hearings with EU officials and experts. They also agreed to go beyond the institutional framework and talk to journalists, unions, NGOs and academics. The committee suggested that a website should be set up to gather information addressed to the committee concerning tax rulings.
European Commissioners Margrethe Vestager and Pierre Moscovici have been invited for the committee’s next meeting which is set for March 30.
