No Political Priority
“We are concerned because the political parties seem to give little priority to such a vision”, it says in the letter. “We are not convinced that the new coalition will anticipate the robotics problem in society on time after the elections”.
Robot technology in the coming years will have profound effects on the labour market. Studies indicate that between 5 to 40% of current jobs will disappear due to robotics and automation. Especially people with secondary and lower education are vulnerable.
Lack of Vision
The scientists are not alone. Also, employers’ organization VNO-NCW and the unions FNV and CNV, told RTL News that they are very concerned about the lack of political attention for robotics. “It is not good”, says CNV leader Maurice Limmen. “You must respond to robotics and digitization, and the best way to do that is to lead the way. If you do not, then you let yourself be overtaken by other countries that lead the way”.
In the current election programs offered by most of the major parties, there is lack of a concrete vision for robotics, according to a survey by RTL News and IT Vaktitel AG Connect. The PVV is silent about robotics in its program. Most of the other major parties are pointing out the theme, but do not come with concrete plans.
Only D66 is explicit and plea for “lifelong learning in which we invest in building new digital skills, but also pay attention to the people who have difficulty with the rapid developmentsand people who lose their jobs”, and for “space experiments with new forms of division of labor”.
Source:http://www.rtlnieuws.nl
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