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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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On the basis of a joint agreement of political groups from June 30, the European Parliament on Thursday voted to remove a clause which would restrict freedom of panorama which allows for the creation of images of buildings, statues and other objects in public space without the consent of copyright owners.
Despite the fact that the clause was included in a non-legislative report, the issue has raised public concern in many EU member states and prompted a campaign, joined by Wikipedia, to reject the controversial amendment. Petr Ježek was among those MEPs who called for the clause to be removed.
“This has certainly become an issue many citizens and MEPs were concerned about,” Petr Ježek told the news website euronews.com.