Tomáš Zdechovský

Tomáš Zdechovský
MEP
Member of the European Parliament for Czech Republic
Assumed office
1 July 2014
Constituency Czech Republic
Personal details
Born (1979-11-02) 2 November 1979
Nationality Czech
Political party National:
Christian and Democratic Union-Czechoslovak People's Party
European:
EPP
Spouse(s) Ivana Zdechovská
Children Tobiáš, Anežka, Tomáš and Antonie
Alma mater Masaryk University, University of South Bohemia
Profession Crisis Manager, Media Analyst, Author
Website http://zdechovsky.eu

Tomáš Zdechovský (born 2 November 1979)[1] is a Czech politician, crisis manager, media analyst, poet and author. In May 2014 he was elected Member of the European Parliament with KDU-ČSL, which is part of the European Peoples Party.

Background

Tomáš Zdechovský has earned three Master degrees. Two of them at the University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice (Pastoral Assistant and Educator of Free Time). The third he made at the Masaryk University in Media studies.[2] He also holds a Bachelor degree in Political Communication which he earned at the Salesian Pontifical University.[3] Since 2006,, he regularly gives lectures on crisis communication, crisis management and crisis communication in politics at various universities.

2004 he founded the PR and communication company Commservis.com, which he ran in a position of Chief Executive until he was elected as a Member of the European Parliament MEP. He also managed its subsidiary company WIFI Czech republic.

He is a member of the KDU-ČSL and in 2007-2008 served as its regional manager in the Pardubice region.He ran for the European Parliament for the first time in 2009 on the 14th place of party list, however he was not elected.[4] A received much appraisal and a great response had his nomination speech at the Congress of KDU-ČSL, held in June 2013 in Olomouc. In European Parliament Elections 2014 he ran for the KDU-ČSL for the second time. He was placed on the 3rd place of the party list and was elected a Member of the European Parliament for the 8th legislature of the house.[5]

Member of the European Parliament

Since 2014 Tomáš Zdechovský has been dealing the Michalák Case. [6][7] He criticises the practice of the Norwegian Barnevernet and Norwegian child protection policy as a whole, and demands its change.[8]

Several times Tomáš Zdechovský has also commented on the European migrant crisis and in July 2015, he visited a couple of refugee camps in Sicily. He said, most of the people in local refugee camps were actually economic migrants.[9][10] Furthermore, his criticism is aimed at Greece, which according to his words has neglected the border controls and registration of newcomers.[11][12][13] In this respect he alsp published an article in a renowned scientific publication by the Potomac Institute in Washington D.C.

As an MEP, he has also pointed out the problem of mileage fraud, which concerns the second-hand car market in the Czech Republic in particular and other EU countries in Central and Eastern Europe in general. Tomáš Zdechovský argues, that the introduction of the Car-Pass System, which is being applied in Belgium since 2006, throughout the EU is an effective way to tackle and prevent such fraud, (illicit manipulations with odometers) throughout the EU. [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]

Poet and author

Tomáš Zdechovský is co-founder of the group of poets called Friends of the Silent Poetic Touch (Přátelé tichého dotyku) and the author of its manifesto protesting against the cultural decline of Czech society. Literary critics count him among the representatives of the contemporary Catholic modern poetry. Zdechovský, however, considers himself a representative of the "dotekysmus" (from Czech dotek = touch), which emphasises the playfulness and simplicity of the verses that have human touch and emotion, which is built on the emotional experience of verses. He has published four collections of poems: Ze zahrady mé milé (From the Garden of my Beloved One), which was translated into Hebrew,[19] some poems have also been translated into English, German, Italian, French, Russian and Ukrainian), Odpusť mým rtům (Forgive My Lips), Intimní doteky (Intimate Touches)[20] and the most recent one is Kapka (The Drop). [21]

In 2013, he published his first novel Nekonečné ticho (Infinite Silence), which is about the relationship between a young man with an older woman. The book was illustrated by painter and graphic artist Klára Klose.[22]

Other Activities

In late 2008 Tomáš Zdechovský was one of the founders of an initiative called Save Baby Jesus (in Czech Zachraňte Ježíška) which aims at defending Czech Christmas traditions against Santa Claus.[23][24] Similarly, together with Roman Celý, Christian Democratic Member of the Czech parliament, both criticised the replacement of the "peaceful" Czech All Souls Day (dušičky) in local schools with that "crazy" American holiday, Halloween. [25]

In 2012, he was the main organiser of the proposal for the establishment of a bishophric for the region of Vysočina. The signature initiative was supported by former chair of the KDU-ČSL Jan Kasal, regional chairman TOP 09, Jiři Blazek and the Regional Councillor, Tomáš Škaryd (ČSSD). However the Roman Catholic parish in Jihlava, distanced itself from the suggestion and dubbed these initiative rather ridiculous.[26]

References

  1. ↑ "Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ - Životopis - Poslanci EP - Európsky parlament". Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Mgr. et Mgr. et Mgr. Tomáš Zdechovský - životopis - Naši Politici". Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Mgr. et Mgr. et Mgr. Tomáš Zdechovský - životopis - Naši Politici". Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Přednostní hlasy pro kandidáty - volby.cz". Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Přednostní hlasy pro kandidáty - volby.cz". Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Zdechovský (KDU-ČSL) se zastal matky, které byly v Norsku odebrány děti". Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  7. ↑ "Čeští europoslanci zahájili sbírku na návrat českých dětí zadržovaných v Norsku". Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "Zdechovský (KDU-ČSL): V Oslu se uskuteční demonstrace proti Barnevernetu". Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  9. ↑ "Europoslanec Zdechovský navštívil uprchlické tábory na Sicílii". 1 August 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  10. ↑ "Europoslanec objel uprchlické tábory. „Neutíkají před válkou,“ říká". Česká televize. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  11. ↑ Tomáš, Zdechovský. "Sháním cestu do Evropy, zn. levně a bezpečně - Blog iDNES.cz". idnes.cz. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  12. ↑ "KDU-ČSL - On-line chat". Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  13. ↑ "Jak Evropa zvládá nápor uprchlíků? Co si o nás myslí Evropa?". tyden.cz. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  14. ↑ "Mileage fraud resonates across the EU" (PDF). E15 weekly. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  15. ↑ "Musíme skoncovat s podvody při nákupu ojetých aut". Echo24.cz. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  16. ↑ "WRITTEN DECLARATION 0030/2016". European Parliament. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  17. ↑ "Europe needs to tackle widespread mileage fraud in cars" (PDF). Car-Pass. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  18. ↑ "Odometer fraud resonates across the whole European Union". Euractiv. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  19. ↑ REGIONVYSOCINA.CZ. "Zdechovského básně jsou přeloženy do hebrejštiny". Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  20. ↑ "Intimní doteky". ikarmel.cz. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  21. ↑ http://www.cbdb.cz/kniha-177936-kapka?show=diskuze
  22. ↑ "Nekonečné ticho - Tomáš Zdechovský - Kosmas.cz - internetové knihkupectví". Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  23. ↑ "Kdo stojí za akcí Zachraňte Ježíška a proč jí dělá". Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  24. ↑ "ANKETA: Zachraňte Ježíška! vyzývá petice". 10 December 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  25. ↑ "Christian Dems to Fight Halloween in Czech Schools". Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  26. ↑ "Chceme vlastní biskupství, napsali katolíci z Vysočiny papeži". 16 July 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
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