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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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Petr Ježek has been nominated by the ALDE group to become full member of a newly formed committee of the European Parliament that will investigate the so-called Panama Papers scandal. MEPs approved the formation of the committee as well as its year-long mandate at their plenary session in Strasbourg at the end of May.
The new committee is set to probe information disclosed in the Panama papers scandal on offshore companies and their beneficiaries. It will also probe potential shortcomings and loopholes in EU law regarding money-laundering, tax evasion and tax avoidance.
“This is another important step towards tackling unfair tax practices in the EU. Stamping out these practices is crucial for ensuring fair competition among European firms and businesses, large and small, and for completing the EU’s single market,” Petr Ježek said.
“I am happy that I will be part of the new committee, and will be able to continue my work in this field, having been member of TAXE I and TAXE II committees that looked into unfair tax practices in relation to the Luxleaks revelations,” MEP Ježek added.
Petr Ježek is also member of the EP’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (ECON) and the Committee for Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE).
The Panama Papers inquiry committee will have 65 members. Its first session is scheduled before the European Parliament’s summer recess, and it will have 12 months to present its report. The MEPs that will sit on the committee will be formally decided on 23 June.