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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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The European Parliament today voted to approve a project submitted by Dutch MEP Sophie In't Veld and four other Liberal MEPs, including Petr Jezek, which aims to increase the transparency of the EU.
The project will ensure that the EU pro-actively publishes all unclassified documents on an online portal, providing easy access for citizens across the bloc. It is a follow-up to a recent court case brought by Ms In't Veld in which she successfully argued that an opinion by the Council's Legal Service regarding the legal basis of the EU-US 'Swift' Agreement should be made available on the grounds of transparency.
Mr Jezek, who is charged with the 2015 Budget dossier, including the funding of pilot projects, in the area of Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs in the ALDE group, pressed for the adoption of the project during negotiations on the Budget.
'This is a victory for those of us who are fighting for transparency across Europe, as well as easy access to EU documents. The European Parliament has backed the project that we hope will lay the basis for even further pro-active disclosure of documents.
'Liberals have been at the forefront of the battle for further transparency across Europe, and I will continue to work with like-minded colleagues to ensure that we are not kept in the dark about issues which will have a profound effect on our lives.'
The project now needs the approval of the Council during negotiations on the final composition of the European Union's budget for 2015.
Note to Editors:
The LIBE Committee voted in favour of the project today during its vote on the Committee's position on the 2015 European Budget. The final figures on the votes are:
The project will now have to be approved by the plenary of the European Parliament, with a vote expected in late October.
You can see the press release on Ms In't Veld's victory in the Court of Justice here