CARS 2020: anticipating and managing change

ETUC Conference, 7th May 2013Wolf Jäcklein, industriAll Europe

CARS 2020

• Follow-up of CARS 21, consultation process ongoing since 2005 as an initiative of DG ENTR

• Meant to be the implementation phase of the conclusions adopted in June 2012

• Grouping industry (OEMs and suppliers), industriAll Europe, NGOs, consumers and Member States

• Discussing the regulatory framework

Topics under discussion

Four pillars:1. Investing in advanced technologies and

financing innovation2. A stronger internal market and smart

regulation3. Global markets and the international

harmonisation of vehicle regulations4. Anticipating adaptation and softening the

social impacts of industrial adjustments

So, how is that useful?

1. Makes the trade-union position visible2. Offers a forum for alliances with other stake-

holders3. Occasion for debate and confrontation of our

approach with the positions of others4. Influences the European Commission’s

understanding and helps us press for policy making respecting the workers’ needs

Workers’ view

• Automotive sector is the one most impacted by new models of mobility – a sector already in crisis

• Production capacity reductions are a daily business occurence

• Social dumping has become a real threat• Both volume and premium manufacturers are

impacted (& their respective suppliers)

Our demands

• Transformation of the sector as the key approach to the current problems

• Placing of the decent work agenda into the Cars 2020 work group discussions

And:• Embed these debates into a global industrial

policy for the sector

• Regulatory pressure as essential to drive this transformation of the sector (CO2 limits)

• Non-competitive cooperation by all stakeholders to strengthen the European industrial base

because:• Blind restructuring means shooting oneself in

the foot

• New product policy (new business models?)– Disconnect mobility from property (of vehicle)– Development of e-mobility

• Infrastructure supporting new technologies• But also: further improvement of ICE• Maintenance of the industrial base in Europe• Investment in battery technologies

Tackle the social consequences

• Ensure training for workers (new skill requirements emerge, technologies change)

• Find employment opportunities for disappearing activities– Regionally close– In nearby sectors

• Adapt working conditions for an ageing workforce

• Use the current crisis as an opportunity– Train workers for future skills– Prepare the transformation of the sector

• Increase investments in R&D (Europe lags behind globally)

• Tackle the issue of contractual relations between OEMs and their suppliers (which have social consequences)

Manufacturing base in Europe

• Obviously, you can transform mobility by purchasing equipment from the cheapest source

• but: we need to support the industrial base in Europe– That is the basis for domestic demand, and drives

both R&D and all the other sectors of the economy– Its contribution to employment is of considerable

importance

• industriAll Europe: http://www.industriall-europe.eu/

• Transport sectors: Wolf Jäcklein• +32 2 226 00 77• wjaecklein@industriall-europe.eu

Founding organizations:• Ex-EMB: http://www.emf-fem.org/ • Ex-EMCEF: http://www.emcef.org/ • Ex-EGV-TKL: http://www.etuf-tcl.org/

Questions? Comments?