Openness to technology instead of ever more regulations

BDA-CEO Steffen Kampeter on the EP initiative for more AI regulation in the workplace:

Openness to technology instead of ever more regulations

Berlin, 17 December 2025. "The European Parliament seems not to have understood the hint: Only with openness to technology, a willingness to experiment and lean bureaucracy will we be able to save Europe from irrelevance. More and ever new AI regulations promote exactly the opposite.

With the Digital Omnibus, the European Commission has taken the right path: that of simplification. We must continue along this path consistently, otherwise Europe will continue to lose credibility as an economic power.
AI has long been part of the world of work. First, existing rules must be implemented and reviewed so that businesses can take advantage of the opportunities offered by digital technologies for employment, innovation and competitiveness. New regulations would unnecessarily hinder this.

Now it is important to reduce duplication and strengthen social partners. Overlaps between AI regulation, the Platform Work Directive, the GDPR and occupational health and safety law must be eliminated. Social partnership solutions are practical and take into account national and sectoral specificities – they must take precedence over new EU legislation. The EP plenary must clearly reject the legislative report."