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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 addressed a conference on the EU-Japan partnership held in Brussels on Tuesday, April 21. The event was organized by the Kangaroo Group, a European organisation which brings together members of the European institutions, academia, media and business communities under the motto 'free movement and security'.
Mr Ježek delivered a speech at a panel discussion entitled ''The EU and Japan: A new Stage in Partnership'', alongside the Japanese Ambassador to the EU, Keiichi Katakami, the Vice President of the European Parliament Ioan Pascu and representatives from the Hitachi and METI corporations.
In his speech, the Czech MEP highlighted the importance of political dialogue between the EU and Japan. He addressed a number of pertinent issues, including the EU-Japan Free Trade Agreement as well as the upcoming inter-parliamentary meeting between representatives of the European Parliament and the Japanese Diet.
Petr Ježek also underlined the importance of world democracies working together in the current global environment. “More than ever, the world democracies must stand together and be more active in ensuring international law, security and sustainable economic development,” he said.
Next week, Mr Ježek will lead the European Parliament's delegation for relations with Japan as they welcome their counterparts from Tokyo for a two day inter-parliamentary meeting in Strasbourg.