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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 led a delegation of MEPs on a visit to Tokyo on September 24 and 25. The focus of the visit was the preparation of the upcoming inter-parliamentary meeting between European parliamentarians and members of the Japanese Diet.
The European Parliament delegation met with a number of prominent politicians including the Senior Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yasuhide Nakayama and the Chairperson of the House of Representatives Special Committee on Security Legislation, Yasukazu Hamada.
The agenda also featured discussions on the EU-Japan Free Trade Agreement. The visit culminated in a symposium on EU-Japan cooperation, with Japanese stakeholders taking a particular interest in Europe's response to the current migration crisis.
“The visit was primarily dedicated to preparing the next meeting between European and Japanese lawmakers, and to discussing the planned free trade agreement. But it was striking that almost everyone we met was interested to hear about the migration crisis and the EU’s response to it,” said Peter Ježek.
The next inter-parliamentary meeting between the EU and Japan is likely to take place in the spring of 2016.