Mikuláš Peksa
He has been the Chairperson of the European Pirate Party since 2019. As a Member of the European Parliament, he is part of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE), pushing for support for innovation and technological growth, and he is also a coordinator in the Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT), promoting more consistent monitoring of the use of public funds. He wants a diplomatically unified and strong Europe, capable of standing up to both multinational corporations and authoritarian regimes.
In his contribution, Mikuláš will summarize the economic development of the last 10 months from the perspective of a MEP. How has our thinking about the economic impact of the coronavirus and appropriate countermeasures evolved? How did the reaction of the Czech Republic differ in comparison with the West? And what role has the European Union played and will play in all this?