22 March 2022
ECR shadow rapporteur Geert Bourgeois has called today's adoption of the final report on artificial intelligence a critical missed opportunity. For years, the EU has been falling further behind other global players in the race to develop artificial intelligence.
Speaking after the vote, Mr Bourgeois commented: “The report should have sent a clear message: ‘EU, wake up!’ The stakes are extremely high: our technological future, our competitiveness, our prosperity and our geopolitical role. Unfortunately, this message has been lost in compromises that have no clear direction and a myriad of different topics which reflect the left’s allergy to everything that underlines how important competitiveness is.”
Bourgeois concluded: “The EU urgently needs a change of mentality or other world players will dictate the standards to us. The world is not waiting for us.”