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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’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee on Wednesday adopted, with an overwhelming majority, an opinion on a report focusing on tax evasion and tax fraud in developing countries.
The opinion includes some key recommendations on the need for the EU to draw its own blacklist of tax havens and to implement the principle that multinational companies must adopt country by country reporting as a standard in all sectors and in all countries.
Thanks to an amendment introduced by ALDE shadow rapporteur Petr Jezek, the text goes even further, calling on the European Commission to assess the consequences of making country by country reporting public, and encouraging the EU to go in that direction.
“I am glad that we reached an ambitious opinion which takes into account specificities of developing countries while ensuring a true level playing field between developed and developing countries when putting in place global tax policies,” Petr Ježek said after the vote.
“It is crucial for the European Parliament to take a strong position when it comes to tax evasion and tax fraud in developing countries, and this text sends a strong signal to the EU and its member states, especially when it comes to country by country reporting. I see transparency in tax matters as a vital step towards building public trust.”