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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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European Commission needs to review new financial regulation

At the European Parliament’s plenary session in Strasbourg on Monday, Petr Ježek debated a report looking at the financial regulation adopted in the EU in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.

The report, which calls for a systematic assessment of EU legislation by the European Commission, comes at a key moment, according to MEP Ježek, as we are moving from repairing legislative loopholes towards a Capital Markets Union.

“The key aspect of the stocktaking report is the call for the Commission to undertake a cumulative impact assessment of all of the new legislation enacted in the aftermath of the crisis. I fully support this call,” Petr Ježek told the MEPs.

“In my view it is imperative that the impact assessment looks at how different pieces of European legislation in the area of financial services interact with each other. Are there any gaps or loopholes? Are there any unintended consequences? How has Europe's competitiveness been affected globally?” asked the Czech MEP.

In his address, Petr Ježek underlined that Europe's competitiveness on a global level could only be ensure if we have a coherent framework in place with regards to dealing with third countries, while ensuring access to finance for small and medium-sized businesses.

“We need to make sure that regulation in place does not hinder this process, and reduce as much as possible any barriers for SME financing which are due to excessive regulation,” MEP Ježek concluded.

In his closing remarks, the European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Jonathan Hill emphasised Mr Ježek's point, commenting about the need to consider Europe's competitiveness at a global level.

“As was said, we need to think about our competitiveness at a global level and how to build consumer confidence in markets”, Commissioner Hill said.

 

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