26 Amendments of Henna VIRKKUNEN related to 2020/2216(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
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1. Highlights that European leadership can be a reality; establishes the ambition to make the EU a world leader in digital innovation and Artificial Intelligence (AI) development; notes that a second wave of digitalisation lies ahead; underlines that a common EU approach can make Europe the most innovative region in the world by 2030; highlights that digital transformation encompasses all policy areas and is boundless by nature; emphasizes that AI deployment by European industries is key to economic growth and innovations, enhances security and resilience, and strengthens the geopolitical and strategic relevance of the EU;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Emphasizes that out of the three key objectives defined in the Communication on Shaping Europe’s Digital Future, digital competitiveness and economic growth are irreplaceable prerequisites for building an open, democratic, and sustainable society, powered by technology that works for people;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Calls on the Commission to adopt a balanced approach, based on the principle of subsidiary, technology- neutrality, and thorough impact assessments, when it presents the multitude of legislative and other initiatives outlined in the Communication on Shaping Europe’s Digital Future;
Amendment 16 #
1 c. Emphasizes that European data and AI regulation should aim to build a borderless digital single market and a competitive, innovation-friendly, human- centric, trustworthy and secure data society and economy, which supports the development and deployment of AI, access to data, interoperability, and data portability; highlights the importance of right to privacy, civil liberties, protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and information, and cyber security;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1 d. Reminds the Commission of its commitments to one-in-one-out principle and reducing regulatory burden; notes that the future legislative proposals need to address both fragmentation of the Digital Single Market as well as the amount of red tape and regulatory uncertainty currently faced by European industry and innovators; highlights the importance of clear market approval processes and European wide market access policies;
Amendment 21 #
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Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
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2. Recognises that the EU has an enormously strong SME sector; notes that the successful digital transformation of European SMEs is vital for economic growth, job-creation, and social cohesion; recalls that this second wagve of digitalisation could lead to a strong industrial development of SMEs; calls for a goal of 500 digital unicorns within 10 yeacomprehensive measures, such as access to finance, introduction of the EU Start- up Visa, and reduction of regulatory burden, to better facilitate the growth of digital unicorns in Europe; notes that these measures should be developed in constant dialogue with relevant stakeholders;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
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3. Emphasises that the COVID crisis provides an opportunity to speed up digitalisation; calls for financial incentives for SMEs that want to enter new marketpublic-private partnerships and financial incentives for innovative digital SMEs, mid-caps, and start-ups that want to enter new markets; calls for the reinforcement of and clearer strategy for the European Digital Innovation Hubs in order to help widespread uptake of new technologies by SMEs; recognizes the potential of intermediaries in the SME ecosystem, such as accountants, chambers of commerce and insurance experts, in helping to foster the digital transition of SMEs;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Highlights that current market imbalances between gatekeeper platforms and SMEs and limited access to data continue to pose challenges to European SMEs; emphasizes the need to enhance SME access to data; calls for enabling approach to data sharing practices on predominantly voluntary basis, including the provision of incentives to enable data sharing;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Notes that investing in High- Performance Computing (HPC) is crucial to reap the full potential of AI and other emerging technologies; highlights the role of connectivity, especially gigabit connectivity powered by 5G and fibre infrastructures, as a vital building block for a competitive digital society; calls for bridging the connectivity investment gap through Next Generation EU, as well as national and private funding, in order to complement the insufficient EU investments deployed in the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF);
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Stresses that the deployment of very high capacity networks such as 5G will open new ways of working in areas such as manufacturing, transport, automotive and healthcare, allowing for both increased productivity and completely new user experiences; notes that very high capacity networks will allow Europe to take a quantitative leap benefiting an entire ecosystem of technologies, such as virtualization, cloud computing, edge computing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, network slicing, and automation;
Amendment 53 #
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Amendment 60 #
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Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 6
6. Demands Highlights the lack of European vend to the exodus of start-ups that do not receive follow-up- funding ture capital funding, the disproportionately large role of public entities in the funding that currently exists, and the significant differences in start-up ecosystems and available financing between Member States; calls for a comprehensive European approach, based on competitive taxation and investor-friendly regulation, to ensure access to finance for promising Europe but find it elsewherean start-ups in all growth stages;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 7
7. Calls for massive investment in clusters of excellence; calls on the Commission and Member States to facilitate European excellence in AI research and development by increasing research investments and facilitating additional cooperation between innovative companies, higher education, and research institutions; recognises that sharing and reusing AI application components increases use and uptake of AI solutions;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Emphasizes the need to allow comprehensive research into all AI applications and technologies; calls for legislative solutions, such as regulatory sandboxes with a path to scale up for successful pilots, that will ensure the right of both public and private institutions to research and develop AI for potentially high-risk use cases;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Highlights the importance of fundamental research into the foundations of AI; notes that current commercial AI applications are based on research that was initiated decades earlier;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Demands measures to end toaddress the brain drain and attract the best minds to the EU without prejudice to the national labour market systems and the competencies of the social partners;
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Stresses that Europe’s growth potential will be determined by the digital skills of its population and businesses; takes note of the skills gap currently visible in the European job market and the need bridge this gap through upskilling and reskilling; calls for increased focus on reskilling and upskilling of digital skills and competences in national education systems;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Calls for a whole-of-society approach towards cybersecurity; highlights that new approaches to cybersecurity should be designed based on resilience and adaptability to stresses and attacks; emphasizes the role for cybersecurity as a framework where everything from system design and usability to the education and training of citizens must work in tandem; emphasizes the need to include cybersecurity elements in all sectorial policies;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8 c. Fully supports the Commission’s aim to increase the number of women in tech;
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 9
9. Recognises that AI deployment is key to European competitiveness in the digital era; highlights that to facilitate the uptake of AI in Europe, a common European approach is needed to avoid internal market fragmentbased on a human- centric approach to AI, transparency and clear liability rules is needed to avoid internal market fragmentation; highlights the potential for European added value and the current cost of non-Europe in the field of AI and digital regulation;
Amendment 112 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 10
10. Considers that access to bihigh quality training data is key for the development of AI; calls for a new approach to data regulationstresses that businesses and researchers should be given greater freedom to use data, with less regulatory interference; calls for a new approach to data regulation; that gives higher priority to innovation and competitiveness by giving businesses greater freedom to the use of data when it is not considered to be high risk, along with clear and balanced rules on IPR and protection of business secrets;
Amendment 132 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Warns against overregulating AI; recalls that regulation must be balanced, agile, permanently evaluated, and based on soft regulation except for high-risk areas; calls for a regulatory approach that is not based on a snapshot of what technological development looks like at the moment, but strives for the rules to be applicable to future technological breakthroughs and phenomena; calls for all AI regulation to be technology-neutral and proportionate;
Amendment 136 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Reminds that AI and other digital technologies are always developed in an international context; notes that unclear and fragmented regulation will drive innovative companies to develop their products and services outside of Europe; underlines the importance of free flow of data across borders; supports the Commission’s aim to address unjustified obstacles to international data flows as well as the restrictions European companies are facing in third countries;
Amendment 145 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 12