Ondřej Kovařík served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2019 to 2025, representing the Czech Republic in the Renew Europe group. During his tenure, he sat on the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) and the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE), and chaired the Working Group for Access to Finance for SMEs. As Renew Europe’s shadow rapporteur on MiCA, he played a central role in shaping Europe’s landmark crypto-asset regulation, advocating for a framework that balances investor protection with space for innovation. A graduate of the University of Economics in Prague and the École nationale d’administration (ENA) in Strasbourg, Kovařík brings deep institutional knowledge of EU legislative processes, cross-border financial regulation, and the political dynamics that will determine how Europe’s digital asset rules evolve in practice.