Germany news: Calls intensify to ban Meta Glasses
Both rights groups and regulators say the new AI tech is dangerous to consumers. At the same time, debate is heating up over pension reforms. DW has more.
Calls are intensifying to ban Meta Glasses in Germany following a recent report showcasing the economic slowdown affecting the job market for engineering and information technology (IT) professionals. The Association of German Engineers (VDI) Engineering Monitor, in collaboration with the German Economic Institute (IW), revealed that there were 58,392 unemployed individuals in these sectors, marking the highest level of unemployment since the survey began in 2011.
This represented a 16.7% increase compared to the previous year, while job openings declined by 18.2%, with a particularly sharp drop in computer science fields by 33%. The report highlighted that the decline in job openings was most pronounced in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, where the automotive industry has been significantly impacted by the economic downturn.
However, VDI Director Adrian Willig emphasized that the findings do not suggest Germany needs fewer workers in the IT and engineering fields, as modernization, energy transformation, digitalization, and new technologies will shape demand for qualified engineers in the long term.
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