13 Amendments of Anna ZALEWSKA related to 2020/2076(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas today EU industry employs around 35 million people and accounts for over 80 % of expor, generates several millions industry-linked jobs and accounts for over 80 % of exports and has dominant role in placing direct foreign investments; whereas women still remain under-represented across industrial sectors, occupations and management levels;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas Europe has centuries - old strong industrial traditions and is therefore fit for efficient twin transition based on social economy and EU values;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a strategic technology and is expected to benefit citizens and society, by improving the quality of life, creating new employment opportunities and more sustainable business models;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas a European approach to artificial intelligence should address, as a matter of priority, the ethical aspects and dilemmas associated with AI to ensure that it is human-centric, enhances human well-being, a sense of security, the well- being of society and the environment, and fully respects EU fundamental rights and values;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
C c. whereas the full potential of AI can only be exploited if users are aware of the possible benefits and challenges that this technology brings; whereas it is necessary to incorporate this issue into the education process, including in terms of combating digital exclusion, and to conduct information campaigns at European level that give an accurate representation of all aspects of AI development;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that EU industrial policy must embrace relocation strategies that promote the recovery of quality employment and manufacturing opportunities back to the EU, in order to increase competitiveness and avoid excessive dependency on foreign providers, particularly in strategic sectors such as health, food chains, digitalisation and data security and energy, thus strengthening the EU’s strategic autonomy;
Amendment 124 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the ability to recruit and retain a qualified workforce is essential to a competitive EU industry; considers education in future-oriented sectors, skills and competences, particularly as regards Vocational Education Training and digital skills, to be essential to address current skills shortages; believes that individualised lifelong learning is a prerequisite to ensure efficient and timely upskilling and reskilling of workers and should be an integral part of the EU Industrial Strategy; calls, in this regard, on the Commission to ensure complementarity between the aims of the new Industrial Strategy and the anticipated updated Skills Agenda for Europe;
Amendment 131 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Points out that the development of artificial intelligence technologies raises serious ethical challenges for the future of the labour market; recommends that the Commission take this problem into account in its impact assessments of AI legislation;
Amendment 134 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Calls on the Commission to work closely with Member States on the design, implementation and enforcement of European ethical and safety standards for AI; notes that the EU has the potential to become a global leader in promoting a socially responsible approach to this technology and its use;
Amendment 138 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Underlines that the New Industrial Strategy should endorse level playing field and cohesion in the EU;
Amendment 141 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4 d. Calls for the inclusion in the strategy the needs of the less technologically advanced industrial regions heavily dependent on solid fossil fuels such as broadband internet coverage; stresses the need to include the risk of job losses due to industrial transition;
Amendment 163 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that gender balance and achieving equality between men and women must be coris one of the principles of the EU’s industrial strategy; calls on the Commission to include a gender perspective in its industrial policy strategy, particularly in its measures to address the digital and green transformations, and to encourage women’s participation in digital entrepreneurship, STEM and ICT education and employment in order to avoid an industrial and digital gender gap;