15/10/2026 European Conference of Presidents of Parliament
“The best use of AI is often not to remove the human being from the process, but to remove unnecessary work from the human being,” said Lauri Hussar, President of the Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu), addressing the European Conference of Presidents of Parliament in Rome. He stressed that workers must be able to adapt to technological change and that “we should invest in people before we will have to compensate them for losing their jobs”.
“The future of work will undoubtedly be shaped by artificial intelligence. But the future of people must continue to be shaped by human rights, democracy and the rule of law,” he emphasised, calling for people to be able to understand and challenge AI-assisted decisions affecting them.
Mei Li Vos, President of the Dutch Senate, highlighted how AI could make work easier while allowing more time for human interaction. Drawing on her experience as a primary school teacher, she said: “We choose to use AI to work for us, so that we have more time for human interaction.”
“My message is that politicians should not be concerned with holding back AI,” she said. Instead, they should determine “what a fair labour market looks like when AI makes certain jobs redundant.”
“We can make AI work for us and turn the tables for low-skilled work,” she concluded.