Activities of Konstantinos ARVANITIS related to 2020/2216(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Digital future of Europe: digital single market and use of AI for European consumers (debate)
Opinions (1)
OPINION on shaping the digital future of Europe: removing barriers to the functioning of the digital single market and improving the use of AI for European consumers
Amendments (11)
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recognises the challenges of the digital era and the broad impact of the digitalisation process in society, the economy and employment in the EU. Stresses the need for an ex-ante broad and democratic dialogue in order to develop principles, frameworks and instruments that combat potential dangers for the workers; calls for the reinforcement of the digital policy dialogue with citizens, trade unions and stakeholders;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Emphasizes that it is imperative for workers to be properly informed on how to protect their personal data; calls on the Commission and the Member States to adjust the GDPR in order to adopt more specific measures and therefore ensure the protection of workers' rights in the new digital environment, especially in the context of teleworking;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the implementation of AI enforcesshould neither impede the dialogue between social partners and to allownor prevent trade unions' access to the work floor, albeit in digital form, in order to promote collective bargaining and guarantee a human-centred approach to AI at work;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls that AI systems will not undermine human autonomy. The objective of trustworthy, ethical and anthropocentric AI can only be achieved by ensuring an appropriate involvement by human beings in relation to high-risk AI applications. Urges the Commission to strongly support an anthropocentric approach based on Communication, on Building Trust, as well as take into account the input obtained during the piloting phase of the Ethics Guidelines prepared by the High-Level Expert Groupon AI;
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to establish a regulatory body with expertise in analysing algorithmic systems and conducting a risk assessment study to classify algorithm types and application domains by impact on the workers;
Amendment 123 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission and the Members States to define and regulate on new forms of digital services in order to prevent and fight undeclared work and shadow market;
Amendment 143 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Takes note of the skills gap currently visible in the European labour market and the need for upskilling and reskilling; calls for increased focus on reskilling and upskilling of digital dexterities and competences in national education systems; Recalls the necessity for training projects on supporting employment and career paths of women and persons with disabilities in the digital sector. Calls on the Commission to strongly support the achievement of these key principles and the implementation of the actions and measures for this purpose by means of funds provided via the Just Transition Fund and the Digital Europe Programme;
Amendment 159 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to work on a legal framework for liability in situations when workers co-operate with robots or are coordinated by AI in “smart factories” and “smart manufacturing”;
Amendment 161 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Urges the Commission and the Member States to provide the necessary resources by means of funds delivered by MFF and NGEU, in order to accommodate structural and regional changes in all sectors heavily hit on employment and social protection systems by digital transition - such as industries, services, public administration or agriculture - to prevent those sectors and/or regions from being plagued with mass-unemployment;
Amendment 163 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Calls for structurally targeted policies and programs that will accompany the digital transformation for workers and citizens, with appropriate consideration for rural and border areas and islands; Points out that the digital infrastructure must be developed in such a way, that workers and citizens may improve upon their skills on digitalisation;
Amendment 164 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 d (new)
Paragraph 9 d (new)
9d. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote - in regard to the yielding benefits of digitalisation, robotisation and AI - the general reduction of weekly working hours, with no effect on wages, so that production remains proportionally distributed to the current human work force and redundancies are averted;