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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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Today, the European Parliament voted with an overwhelming majority to approve new rules aimed at preventing money laundering and terrorist financing. The directive and regulation will strengthen EU rules against money laundering and ensure consistency with the approach followed at international level.
Nils Torvalds MEP, shadow rapporteur for the ALDE group, commented after the vote today; "I strongly welcome the overwhelming support for these new rules, which are an important step in the fight against money laundering, corruption and terrorist financing within our Union."
"Financial crime knows no borders and our laws have to keep up. Clear and harmonised rules are needed to be able to fight money laundering and terrorist financing."
Petr JEŽEK MEP, ALDE shadow rapporteur for this file on the European Parliament's Civil Liberties Committee said:
"The adoption of this new directive underlines the importance of the European Parliament's weight in the legislative process. The idea of a public register of ultimate ownership, which is key in this regulation, came from the European parliament, and we strongly defended it throughout the trilogues. These new rules reflect the legitimate public demand for increased transparency and marks a significant step forward in the fight against money laundering.
"There is still room for improvement when it comes to the accessibility of the public register, but the directive leaves the door open to those member states which are ready to move forward and widely interpret the notion of legitimate interest.
It is now time for Member states to take responsibility and to swiftly and fully implement the new EU anti money laundering and transfer of funds rules. I strongly encourage them to use the available flexibility to provide unrestricted public registers with access to beneficial ownership information for companies and trusts. "