The reform agenda is intended to promote innovation and competitiveness.
The TÜV Association backs the Federal Government's course to get the German economy back on track through reduced bureaucracy and faster procedures. Future topics such as artificial intelligence and autonomous driving are at the top of the agenda. However, the association warns against neglecting safety when making things easier: New technologies will only establish themselves on the market if people can fully trust them.
Key Facts
- Green light for reforms: The TÜV Association welcomes the government's plans to promote AI and autonomous driving, as well as for noticeably faster planning and approval procedures.
- Learning by doing: To develop regulations in a practical way and speed up procedures, the association is increasingly relying on model regions and real-world pilot projects.
- No compromises on protection: Less bureaucracy must not mean that state controls are cut back. Where inspections are dropped, equivalent replacements are needed.
- Security builds trust: Innovation and security only work as a pair. The long-term success of new technologies rises and falls with public acceptance.
The reform agenda is intended to promote innovation and competitiveness.
As a recent press release shows, the TÜV Association supports the German government's reform agenda. In particular, targeted support for artificial intelligence, autonomous driving, and the intention to accelerate approval and planning procedures are considered the right steps to strengthen Germany's innovative strength and competitiveness. In this context, the association emphasises that model regions and practical test projects offer an excellent opportunity to sensibly further develop existing rules and make administrative procedures more efficient.
Security must not suffer from deregulation
According to official statements, the TÜV Association fully supports the aim of reducing bureaucratic hurdles. At the same time, however, there is a strong warning against simply abolishing important safety inspections or state controls. The experts clarify that official checks that are discontinued in the future must be replaced by equally reliable safety measures. Only in this way can the usual high level of safety in Germany be permanently maintained.
Trust as the basis for new technologies
The report underscores once again that innovation and security go hand in hand. Modern technologies can only establish themselves permanently on the market if they win people's trust. Finally, the TÜV Association The federal government is calling for the reform agenda to be tackled in such a way that innovations advance rapidly, but without jeopardising tried-and-tested German safety standards.