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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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As the rapporteur of the EP’s Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee (LIBE), Petr Ježek on Monday presented a draft opinion on the European Commission’s 2014 report on protection the EU’s financial interests and fight against fraud, as well as the planned PIF directive on the fight against fraud by means of criminal law.
Petr Ježek welcomed the report, and suggested that its next edition, which should be published no later than the beginning of 2016, also review the performance of EU institutions in fighting corruption.
MEP Ježek’s report also condemned losses in VAT fraud, estimated at around 168 million euros annually, and called on the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council to give a new impetus to negotiations among the three institutions to find the best way to fight against this type of fraud.