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00:00Good morning, it is Wednesday the 11th of February.
00:18I'm Maeve McMahan and this is Europe Today, your daily dose of European news and analysis.
00:25Live here on Euronews.
00:26Coming up, EU leaders are bickering over how to save the European economy on the eve
00:33of a crucial leaders' retreat taking place here in the Belgian countryside.
00:38French President Emmanuel Macron has declared this as a moment of truth for the EU, saying
00:44it's time to issue more common debt.
00:46But Germany's Friedrich Merz is pushing back.
00:49Meanwhile, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is set to address MEPs in Strasbourg
00:53today before travelling to Antfeb for intense talks with business leaders about the challenges
00:58facing European industry.
01:00To get up to speed, let's cross now to Strasbourg, where our EU news editor, Maria Tadeo, is standing
01:06by for us.
01:07Good morning, Maria.
01:08So, a packed agenda for Ursula von der Leyen.
01:10What is the latest there in Strasbourg and what should we expect for the next two days?
01:14Well, yes, good morning, Maeve.
01:17It is a packed agenda because of the summit taking place tomorrow.
01:22The entire European universe gravitating around this informal retreat happening on Thursday
01:27on competitiveness with, of course, Maria Draghi in attendance.
01:31When it comes to the head of the commission, yes, she will participate at the summit in Antwerp.
01:36Then she will previously address the European Parliament in Strasbourg, but the focus very
01:42much on that summit with the heavyweights of the European industry in Antwerp.
01:46Already, that location tells you a lot.
01:48This is a very pro-business friendly city, obviously a port city, a great history of trade and commerce.
01:54And that is really the side guys now for the European economy.
01:58Last year, also, Maeve, remember, there was a very similar gathering, which led to the Antwerp
02:03declaration of 2025, 2024, which suggested immediate relief in action for the European industry.
02:11Ever since, we've seen a very aggressive agenda of simplification to cut red tape, to cut costs for companies.
02:18And we expect that in the meeting today, the European industry will reiterate those points.
02:22But also remember, in a letter published on Monday, the head of the commission promised to double down
02:27on the simplification of regulation.
02:29She also said the commission plans to introduce a tool that will tackle gold plating.
02:34Remember, the industry hates this.
02:36It's the idea that national member states put on even more regulation on European directives.
02:42And then, of course, she also said integrate the single market.
02:45The IMF believes that the internal barriers of this market may represent a 45 percent tariff on goods,
02:51110 on services.
02:53So a lot going on into this meeting with the industry.
02:56They have the influence over the policymakers.
02:58They have the year of the leadership.
03:00And it's not coincidence that this is happening a day before a political summit.
03:04Indeed.
03:05And meanwhile, those battle lines, Maria, are being drawn up ahead of tomorrow's summit.
03:09We've seen France pushing for Europe bonds.
03:11The Germans are saying no.
03:13What is the middle ground?
03:14Will they even find it?
03:14Well, that's a very good question, because in anticipation to this retreat, I remember when Antonio Costa, the head of the European Council, spoke to us exclusively two weeks ago.
03:26He said the goal of the retreat is to really now establish clear political guidelines in the way forward.
03:32And that means the Draghi report, but also the Latte report.
03:35And Emmanuel Macron yesterday in an interview, which hopefully we can put up on the screen, he told the European press that he believes this is now the time for Europe to come together with a joint Boren capability capacity.
03:48That is, of course, Europe bonds, joint debt for many countries.
03:52This is a complete red line.
03:53The Germans, as you say, have already said no.
03:55The Italians sided with Berlin, saying the focus should be on the simplification of rules and really putting the automotive at the center of a lot of the industrial policy in Europe.
04:05So tomorrow it should be an interesting meeting.
04:07But of course, the cat is now out of the back because the French president has now put this and stated this clearly on the table.
04:13The European Union cannot wait any longer.
04:15The debate about more joint debt needs to start now.
04:18So all of this very political and to debrief this very packed agenda, I am joined from Strasbourg by MEP Saskia Prémont.
04:25You're an MEP for the Greens, obviously a very packed agenda here in Strasbourg.
04:30We really feel a sense of urgency, but I want to pick up on a vote yesterday.
04:34The European Parliament finally agreed to implement and go ahead with the U.S.-EU trade deal.
04:41Some would say that was a total capitulation, that deal.
04:43Are you happy with the result?
04:46Indeed.
04:46I'm part of the ones that say it's a total capitulation.
04:49There is obviously a willingness from the von der Leyen majority to show signs of appeasement with Trump.
04:56I'm not sure this is the language he understands.
04:58There was a majority, I think, in favor also in the Parliament to activate the anti-coercion instrument that the EU has to reply to such commercial trade attacks from third countries.
05:10And we wanted it to be activated, to show some teeth also to the different attacks and threats given by Trump and its administration.
05:18So I think the current answers are indeed a bit too weak from the EU side.
05:23And to link it with the other debate, like the industrial debate, it's high time for the EU to give preferences to its own industry,
05:30to think about eventual tariffs, additional tariffs towards the U.S., for instance,
05:36and also to take back the compass of the Green Deal to really put the competitiveness hand in hand with sustainability.
05:45OK, there's a lot to unpack there because you say Trump has been very aggressive on Europe and we have been very weak.
05:53To me, it seems that after Greenland, however, something has changed.
05:57Isn't there a contradiction between, you know, implementing this deal and saying we'll put it ahead with conditions,
06:01but also the fact that, you know, with Greenland, with tech regulation,
06:05the Trump administration has shown repeatedly that they do not see this as a done deal.
06:09They will come back for more concessions.
06:10So why approve this deal now?
06:12I'm very confused.
06:13I think it's more the narrative of showing unity at the EU side in terms of answers.
06:20But indeed, I'm also confused about the current reply because indeed there is this kind of disescalation
06:28since Trump somehow is less vocal about Greenland, but I'm pretty sure he's not giving up.
06:35He has an international agenda.
06:37It's pretty clear in its security strategy as well.
06:40And I think Europeans have to think about them now.
06:43And take their own faith into their hands.
06:46So you say we've got to think about Europeans.
06:48We have to think about ourselves.
06:50To go ahead without the United States, however, that would completely change the playbook since the Second World War.
06:55Is that warranted now because you say the U.S. is no longer an ally?
06:59It's time to say, at the very least, it's a rival.
07:02At times, can it be an enemy to European values?
07:05I'm not saying it's an enemy and we should not escalate.
07:08This is not the question.
07:10I think we have to show teeth, as I said, and give appropriate answers when the EU is somehow attacked or if other countries deliver us a trade war, be it the U.S., be it other countries.
07:22We also have other allies to work closer and hand-in-handedly.
07:26I'm thinking about Canada.
07:28I'm thinking about Latin America.
07:30I'm thinking about Asian countries, Japan.
07:32The EU has other allies, has to develop and still rely on multilateralism, but work with allies.
07:40And I'm not saying the U.S. is becoming an enemy.
07:43I think Trump, obviously, has a huge problem with other continents, including Europe.
07:50And he wants to show that Europe is weak.
07:54It's up to us Europeans to show that the Europeans and Europe is not weak.
07:58It's also a powerful continent that has a lot of economic possibilities and a strong industry.
08:06And we see it today with the summit.
08:08Let's talk about the industry.
08:09The industry is now really at the core of everything.
08:12The head of the commission has said, we're going to cut down paperwork.
08:14We're going to make it easier to do business.
08:16Is that the right approach?
08:17Would you say, yes, let's give the industry what they need?
08:19They take priority over everything else now.
08:22Of course, we need a strong European industrial policy.
08:25But, again, it goes hand-in-hand with the Green Deal, with sustainability standards.
08:30The Green Deal, I don't hear it anymore.
08:32Nobody even talks about the Green Deal.
08:33It's gone.
08:34People talk about a clean industry.
08:35And that's the huge issue.
08:37I think the Draghi report showed it clearly.
08:39We need simplification.
08:41We need also a vision for Europe to make our industry stronger and invest.
08:47Invest.
08:48I don't see the investments today.
08:50And that's also highly needed at EU level to really decide to invest in our industry, but also to green our industry.
08:58Otherwise, we will be the old continent.
09:00Definitely.
09:01The Chinese invest.
09:02The Chinese invest.
09:02The other continents invest in their transition.
09:04And Europe is now giving up on its climate and ecological transition.
09:09But it's a condition for our competitiveness.
09:12Well, thank you very much for that.
09:14And, of course, Maeve.
09:15The focus, of course, is on the investment.
09:17But the question is, how do you pay for it?
09:19And that's one of the big topics that will come up tomorrow.
09:22What is the financing and who's going to pay?
09:23Is this private sector money?
09:24Or is there now a path for joint debt and we go back to public money?
09:29That always seems to be the million-dollar question.
09:31Maria Tzeo, thank you so much for that.
09:33And also to the Belgian MEP Saskia Prickmont from the Greens.
09:36And as you heard there, it is a nail-biting time for the European Union
09:40as leaders scratch their head about how to move forward.
09:43Ahead of that, leaders gathering tomorrow, our Jakob Janis has been reading
09:47Between the Lines of Ursula von der Leyen's letter.
09:52Hey, do you like receiving letters?
09:55Ursula von der Leyen just wrote one to all 27 EU leaders.
10:00And it goes like this.
10:02Where a lack of progress risks undermining Europe's competitiveness.
10:06We should not shy away from using the possibilities foreseen in the treaties
10:11on enhanced cooperation.
10:13Confused?
10:14Don't worry.
10:15Your reporter also struggled.
10:18But in simple words, it's all about new European super speed club.
10:23So let's break it down.
10:25In her letter, von der Leyen is essentially saying
10:28if we cannot agree now as 27, let's break the taboo
10:32and move forward in smaller groups.
10:34And the so-called enhanced cooperation will allow a group of at least nine countries
10:40shift up a gear without waiting for the others.
10:44And those considered troublemakers.
10:47They can keep pumping the brakes.
10:49But they are about to be left in the rearview mirror.
10:52But buckle up, because that's not the only bold idea.
10:56Emmanuel Macron is pushing for future-oriented euro bonds.
10:59So a massive common debt for strategic projects.
11:03And this is already happening with the 90 billion euro Ukraine loan,
11:07which is bypassing Hungary, Czechia and Slovakia.
11:10And this also shows not everyone is ready for a Hamiltonian moment.
11:15But the trend is clear.
11:18And the EU is finally trying to reform its...
11:21In September, von der Leyen suggested limiting veto rights,
11:26which are often used by some member states to derail collective action.
11:30It is time to break free from the shackles of unanimity.
11:34And the motivation is clear, too.
11:36Because if Brussels doesn't learn to drive fast,
11:40it will not just be overtaken.
11:42It might end up in the scrapeyard.
11:45Jakob Janis reporting for us there.
11:52And as you heard earlier, MEPs are in Strasbourg this week.
11:55And they're also voting on new stricter anti-asylum laws.
11:59That will make it legally easier to deport asylum-seeker hopefuls
12:02to countries outside the European Union.
12:05The new laws foresee more cooperation with foreign states,
12:08marking a pivotal change to a tougher European stance on asylum.
12:12The EU Commissioner for Migration, Magnus Pruner, from Austria,
12:16expressed his stance in the European Parliament.
12:19We have a clear strategic vision for the kind of migration policy
12:24we want for the European Union.
12:28We want a union where migration is safe, is legal,
12:33and most of all under control.
12:35And we want swifter, stronger, and more effective returns also.
12:40That is one of the missing pieces we'll still see.
12:44And I think it is time to turn this around
12:47and make sure that, as a rule, irregular migrants leave the European Union.
12:53Without this, our policies, I think, are not credible.
12:58Magnus Pruner there, the Austrian Commissioner for Migration.
13:01And for more on this, we can turn to your news journalist, Eleonora Vasquez,
13:05who's been following the story for us.
13:06Good morning, Eleonora.
13:07Good morning, mate.
13:08Good to have you with us.
13:08Just tell us more about these two votes in the Parliament.
13:11Yes, mate.
13:12I mean, there were very important votes in the European Parliament yesterday.
13:15One about the list of countries considered safe for the European Union,
13:20and the other is the concept,
13:21what it doesn't mean to be a safe country
13:24so migrants can be returned there.
13:26So, Egypt, Bangladesh, Colombia, Kosovo, India, Morocco, and Tunisia
13:31has been defined safe country in this list.
13:34That might change.
13:36So, this doesn't mean that all the people coming from this country
13:40will be automatically returned
13:42because the asylum application is a personal application,
13:46but at the same time,
13:48they will have less chances to get the asylum in Europe.
13:52And as you said,
13:53there is a reduction of access to asylum in the European Union.
13:56OK, and we can read more about that, of course, on Euronews.com.
13:59But you also broke an exclusive story this week
14:02with our colleague Vincenzo Ginovese
14:04about the European Commission's frustration
14:06with the Spanish government
14:07for granting asylum to half a million undocumented migrants,
14:11mostly from South America and the Caribbean.
14:14Tell us more about this.
14:15Yes, on this, I want to clarify something.
14:17I think the Commission has two different narratives
14:19that they don't really come together.
14:21So, one narrative is legal pathways.
14:24We need migrants.
14:26We need these people
14:26because we have a lot of jobs
14:30and we need skilled workers and so on and so forth.
14:33But at the same time,
14:34we want to reduce access to asylum.
14:36We want to close the border.
14:37And, of course, for the public opinion,
14:39these two narratives, they don't go together.
14:42So, what happened and what is doing Sanchez
14:46is one of the two narratives.
14:47But the predominant narrative inside the Brussels corridor,
14:51from what I learned with my colleague Vincenzo Ginovese,
14:54is that they want to keep a high-level narrative
14:58on closing the border.
15:00And, of course, what he did, Sanchez,
15:02also in terms of narrative,
15:03because he is showing a lot
15:05that he is making the migration
15:08as a good opportunity for everyone.
15:11So, this is what he is saying
15:12is disturbing Brussels' corridors.
15:15Okay, a good example of the awkward phone calls
15:18between Brussels and the various capitals
15:19on that topic of migration
15:20that we've been covering, of course,
15:22for many years here on Euronews
15:26and, of course, on that pact.
15:27Eleanor Vasquez, thank you so much
15:28for your reporting
15:29and for joining us here this morning
15:30on Europe Today.
15:32But now, moving on from migration
15:34to the topic of defence,
15:36NATO is launching brand new military operations
15:39in the Arctic.
15:40This is a response
15:41to the serious confrontations
15:42between the US
15:43and its European and NATO allies
15:45after the US President Trump
15:46said he would, quote,
15:47take Greenland from Denmark.
15:50The mission is aimed at responding
15:51to growing threats
15:52from Russia and China in the region
15:54and is due to be announced tomorrow
15:56at a NATO defence ministerial meeting
15:58taking place.
15:59For more, we can cross straight over
16:00to our correspondent, Shona Murray,
16:02who's live for us this morning
16:03at the NATO headquarters.
16:05Good morning, Shona.
16:06Just tell us more, please,
16:07about this mission.
16:09Well, as you said there, Maeve,
16:11we know that part of the resolution
16:13between the United States
16:14and its NATO allies
16:15over the fate of Greenland last month
16:17was there'll be greater enhanced security
16:20in the Arctic region
16:21and in the high north.
16:22So that's what Arctic Century is.
16:24Now, NATO has already had a presence there,
16:26but this is much more enhanced.
16:28This is going to be multi-domain force.
16:30It'll be using cyber, space, air, land and sea.
16:34And really what we heard yesterday
16:35from the US ambassador to NATO,
16:37and Matthew Whittaker,
16:38was that they believe,
16:39the United States believes,
16:40that there already is a Chinese
16:41and Russian threat there.
16:42But this will really be about
16:44future-proofing the region.
16:46It's likely to be launched tomorrow
16:47at that NATO defence ministerial meeting here,
16:51but that hasn't been completely confirmed.
16:53But that's really the idea,
16:54that it would really sort of start
16:56getting into action as soon as possible
16:58as part of that agreement.
17:00Now, take a listen to NATO's top general,
17:03Alexis Grinkovic,
17:03during the week speaking about Arctic Century.
17:06We did talk about Greenland.
17:08We talked about in the context of the Arctic
17:10and the increasing need for the alliance
17:12to pay attention to security in the Arctic,
17:14given the continued Russian presence
17:17and increasing Chinese presence that's there.
17:19I think it's been reported widely
17:21that we're doing some planning now
17:23on a new Arctic mission called Arctic Century
17:25that has not kicked off yet,
17:27but we're in the final stages
17:30of planning for that.
17:32General Alexis Grinkovic there,
17:34a reporter speaking to the press last night.
17:35And Shona, of course, as you said,
17:37this is happening as part
17:38of that defence minister's meeting
17:39taking place tomorrow,
17:41but we're hearing that the US defence secretary
17:43is not showing up.
17:44Can you tell us why
17:45and how are allies feeling about this?
17:47Are they annoyed?
17:50Well, Pete Hegg said the US Secretary of War
17:52was due to show up, obviously.
17:53He announced a few weeks ago that he wasn't.
17:55Initially, there was sort of head scratching
17:57because, remember, in December,
17:59December, Secretary of State Marco Rubio
18:01also didn't show up to his meeting
18:02of foreign affairs ministers.
18:04But what we will have is a Elbridge Colby,
18:07who's deputising for Pete Heggseth,
18:10who is the undersecretary of war.
18:12And what I've actually heard
18:12is that he is set to reassure allies
18:15that the United States will maintain
18:17a high level of troops across NATO territory
18:20in Germany and Italy and the eastern flank.
18:23So that was a real concern for NATO allies
18:25since the Trump administration came into power.
18:27Elbridge Colby himself is seen as a hawk,
18:30a hardliner.
18:31He's been trying to push the Trump administration
18:32to withdraw troops from NATO.
18:35So that will be quite reassuring.
18:36So any concerns that allies had
18:39about Pete Heggseth not showing up,
18:42that should allay them.
18:43What I've heard is that he will talk to them
18:44about that tomorrow.
18:45It also coincides with major changes
18:48within the senior command in NATO,
18:50where the United States is removing itself
18:53from some joint force commands,
18:55making European countries like the UK,
18:57Germany, Poland and Italy
18:59take up some of those responsibilities.
19:01So the idea really is that NATO is burden shifting
19:04from the United States to Europe.
19:07Maeve?
19:07OK, Shona Murray, thank you so much
19:09for that live update from the NATO headquarters
19:11just outside Brussels.
19:12And for more of Shona Murray's reporting
19:14from NATO today,
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19:20But that does bring this edition
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19:23Thank you so much for your company.
19:25As always, we'll be back tomorrow
19:26bright and early.
19:27Tune in to find out more
19:28about that summit taking place.
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