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00:14Good morning, it's Thursday the 7th of May.
00:17I'm Marit Gwyn and you're watching Europe Today, your daily dose of morning news and analysis live here on Euronews.
00:26Coming up today, EU negotiators failed to reach an agreement on the bloc's trade deal with the U.S. in
00:32late-night talks here in Brussels.
00:35Talks could resume on May the 19th.
00:38Pressure is mounting after President Trump threatened to hike tariffs on EU cars to 25%, a move that would be
00:46in breach of the deal.
00:48And oil prices have fallen amid reports Iran and the U.S. are closing in on a deal to end
00:54the war.
00:55But Washington and Tehran have offered conflicting reports on the state of negotiations.
01:00We speak to the U.S.'s former ambassador to NATO, Kurt Volker, about the conflict and its implications for the
01:07transatlantic alliance.
01:09Also, three people are being evacuated to Europe from the cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak.
01:17The ship is sailing towards the Canary Islands after the Spanish government gave permission for it to dock, despite the
01:24regional governments there rejecting the request.
01:27We'll have more details on that story too.
01:30But first, to our top story this morning.
01:32EU diplomats, officials and lawmakers failed to give their final approval to the bloc's trade deal with the U.S.
01:39during talks which stretched late into the night here in Brussels.
01:42The delay risks adding to the frustration of President Trump, who has, of course, threatened to hike tariffs on EU
01:49cars to 25%.
01:51For more, we can bring in our trade reporter, Peggy Corlan.
01:54Good morning, Peggy.
01:55Good morning.
01:56So no deal on implementing this agreement still.
02:00Tell us more.
02:00No deal.
02:02Yesterday night, EU lawmakers and EU member states didn't find an agreement to cut EU tariffs on U.S. goods
02:09to 0% as agreed in the Thumbury Agreement.
02:13Let me remind you what this Thumbury Agreement is about.
02:16Last year, after weeks of trade disputes, the EU and the U.S. agreed that they would impose U.S.
02:25tariff at 15% on EU goods and that the EU would cut its tariff at 0%.
02:33So yesterday night, the Parliament's lead negotiator, the German MEP, Ben Lange, wanted to attach conditions to the deal.
02:41The core objective was to shield the deal from future U.S. threats, like the one made last week over
02:48EU cars or like the one made a couple of months ago over Greenland.
02:53And they wanted, the Parliament also wanted to make the deal temporary, which means expiring in March 2028, a couple
03:01of months before the end of Trump's mandate.
03:04OK, and Peggy, I think we can also take a listen to what Maroshevkovic, the trade chief, who of course
03:10has been urging this deal to get over the line, had to say in Paris last night.
03:16We have to deliver on what was promised in Scotland, meaning lowering the tariffs for the U.S. exports to
03:26European Union, as we agreed in our joint statement.
03:29And of course, for me, it's also very important that the United States would live up to the expectations and
03:35also would live up to what was agreed to the firm, Marie.
03:38And I'm talking here about return to 15% all inclusive tariff, which was agreed up.
03:43And Peggy, we know that capitals, EU capitals governments are part of these talks.
03:48What are they saying?
03:50Well, EU governments consider that the Parliament's demands go too far.
03:55But the diplomats I talked to yesterday night told me that there could be room for compromise.
04:00But it's too early.
04:02Yesterday night was about presenting each side's political line and technical negotiations will come at a future stage for next
04:12round of negotiations.
04:14EU tropical, the capitals here are trying to balance two objectives.
04:20One, which is to avoid any move that would reinforce Trump's narrative, which is to say that the EU does
04:29not honor the deal, the temporary agreement,
04:33and at the same time protect the agreement from future U.S. threats.
04:38So here there's room for compromise with the Parliaments, which pursue the same goal.
04:44OK, Peggy, thank you so much for that comprehensive update.
04:47We'll be keeping an eye on developments in the coming weeks, of course.
04:50Now, moving on, after two months of conflict, it appears that the U.S. and Iran are closing in on
04:56a one-page, 14-point memo to end the war.
04:59Reports suggest the deal could include a moratorium on nuclear enrichment and the easing of some sanctions on Iran.
05:05A key question is when the Strait of Hormuz can fully reopen.
05:09But the war has already put transatlantic ties under immense strain.
05:13Our correspondent, Shona Murray, caught up with the former U.S. ambassador to NATO, Kurt Volker,
05:18and started by asking him about his assessment of the prospects of a deal.
05:24It seems like there will be a mutually agreed opening of the Strait of Hormuz, so shipping can go in
05:32and out.
05:32There'll be an end to fighting, and there'll be a moratorium on uranium enrichment and a nuclear program with inspections.
05:42Those seem to be the outlines, probably also lifting of sanctions and returning funds to Iran.
05:47This is actually very, very similar to what was already in the JCPOA that was torn up.
05:54The difference is, if there are any, and if what we read in the press is to believe,
06:00are that we've destroyed most of Iran's power projection capability, so it'll take them a while to restore that.
06:08Which is what the JCPOA would have done if it had been able to continue after 2017.
06:14Right. Well, that would have expired, I believe, in 2018.
06:17They could have renegotiated, I mean, the path of the JCPOA, the years before it took to negotiate that as
06:23well.
06:23Yeah, in that sense, yes.
06:25So we are basically back where we were and achieving pretty much the same thing.
06:31So what can Donald Trump say that he achieved, particularly given the death toll?
06:36I mean, we saw 170 young schoolgirls killed on the first day of this war.
06:42I mean, then also other, obviously, civilian casualties and a regime still intact after it killed its own people back
06:50in January,
06:50which was actually the reason why this particular conflict started in the first place.
06:55There are many reasons why this conflict was there, and the reasons kept shifting.
07:01Sometimes President Trump referred to the protesters or the 45,000 people, as he said, killed.
07:07I'm not sure the number was quite that high, but a large number of people killed by the regime.
07:12Other times it was the nuclear program.
07:15Other times it was ballistic missiles.
07:17But what I think he can say he achieved is setting Iran back, both in terms of its military, its
07:25power projection capability, its proxies, and its nuclear program.
07:31All of that is physically set back substantially.
07:35But as you say, the regime does stay in place, and it does have the capability and the will to
07:43shut down shipping in the Persian Gulf if it wants to.
07:47And the issue is, though, that with the Strait of War, although it had been gamed that the Iranians could
07:52take control of it in the event of a war like this,
07:55they have institutionalized it now, the Iranians.
07:58They've sort of know, they know now that they can control this, turn it on and off as they like
08:03in the future.
08:04Yeah, that's right.
08:05And also the business model of the Gulf states of being a secure and relatively free place to do business
08:13globally
08:14is shaken a bit by the fact that Iran has shown a willingness to fire missiles and drones at them.
08:20So that's going to take some time to restore confidence there as well.
08:23So in a way, the Iranian regime comes out of this emboldened, even though they have been substantially weakened.
08:30What do you think this means for NATO?
08:31We saw the U.S. president abruptly announce the withdrawal of 5,000 troops because we haven't seen any strategy
08:38since from the Pentagon in relation to that.
08:40Let's put these into a couple of different categories.
08:43The first is President Trump's peak at NATO countries for not fighting alongside the U.S. in the Persian Gulf.
08:51That's really, I think, a distraction.
08:53He never asked them to.
08:54There was no consultation.
08:56There was no agreement on a common plan.
08:58It was just a venting saying, well, you're not there for us, even though we're there for you.
09:03I don't think that is something we should take too seriously from a military point of view, but rather it
09:10is just a further reflection of President Trump's general unhappiness with NATO countries.
09:15Then you get to specific complaints about we were not able to use bases in Spain.
09:21We were not able to use bases in Italy.
09:24Germany said some nasty things about us.
09:26And so we're going to take some military steps.
09:29Well, there, I think we do have to take it seriously.
09:32President Trump is indeed unhappy and wants to take some steps.
09:36But then we have to look at what the U.S. military wants to do.
09:40The presence of U.S. forces in Europe is good for the United States.
09:47Ambassador Kurt Volker speaking to Shona Murray there.
09:51Now, three people with suspected Hantavirus are being evacuated from the cruise ship linked to the deadly outbreak of the
09:58virus.
09:59Three people have already died on the Dutch flagged ship known as MV Hondius.
10:04The ship is now on its way to the Canary Islands.
10:07For more details on this story, I'm joined by our health reporter, Marta Iraola.
10:12Good morning, Marta.
10:13Bring us up to speed.
10:14Remind us the story of this cruise ship.
10:18Good morning.
10:19Yeah, we're talking about a luxury cruise ship that took off Argentina the 1st of April, carrying approximately 150 passengers.
10:29It has since then crossed the Atlantic, making some stops in the Sandwich Islands in Santa Elena until it arrived
10:35to Cabo Verde.
10:36Cabo Verde was the original destination of the ship.
10:40However, at the beginning of April, some people started to feel sick in what it has now been confirmed as
10:45an outbreak of Hantavirus, a rare rodent disease.
10:50Since then, there have been eight infected passengers.
10:53Three of them have died.
10:54Some others are being treated in the hospital and the three are being evacuated to the Netherlands.
10:59Okay, and now what do we know about the fate of the remaining passengers of this ship?
11:05Yeah, well, as you mentioned, the ship is now on its way to the Canary Island, where it's set to
11:09arrive this weekend on Saturday to Tenerife.
11:12The passengers will likely disembark on Monday and will from there be taken to their own countries, where they will
11:19be put in quarantine.
11:21This decision of taking the ship to the Canary Island has raised some tensions between the local government and the
11:27national government of Spain.
11:28Here is Fernando Clavijo, who was here in Brussels and talked about this topic.
11:35Our technical position is that if the passengers are healthy, there is no risk of transmission.
11:40It makes no sense for them to have to travel to the Canary Islands to be repatriated.
11:44They can easily do so at the Cape Verde International Airport.
11:47If we are truly considering the best interests of these passengers and ensuring they can return home to put an
11:52end to this nightmare,
11:53the reasonable course of action is for them to do so immediately.
11:58Still, the national government of Spain, the World Health Organization and the European Union consider that Spain is more than
12:05ready to receive these patients
12:07and launch the appropriate public health response, that it is more prepared than Cape Verde.
12:12At the same time, the World Health Organization is tracking 23 passengers that disembarked the ship in Santa Elena
12:19and are now being tracked to see where they are, and 80 other passengers that took a flight to South
12:24Africa with one of the passengers that later died.
12:28Okay, Marta, thank you so much for bringing us up to speed on that story.
12:32We'll be keeping an eye out for any further developments, of course.
12:35But we're moving on now.
12:37The European Commission says it is upping its commitments to promoting the rights and inclusion of people with disabilities by
12:44reviewing its long-term strategy.
12:45Our Europe editor, Maria Tadeo, sat down with the EU's Commissioner for Equality, Haji Al-Abbib, and started by asking
12:52her about the Commission's new initiatives.
12:55We are launching a new EU alliance for independent living, with a budget also to support service-based communities instead
13:10of institutions.
13:11And that is why we, what we call deinstitutionalization, to be sure that a person with disabilities can live their
13:19own life independently.
13:21And it is about their dignity, their choice also.
13:25And then to put everything into place to be sure that they will have the capacity to be more included
13:32in the labor market.
13:33And I have to ask you, this is a very political question, but it matters because of the times that
13:39we're in.
13:40Some would argue there's been, well, pushback against the idea of inclusivity, that the political debate is sort of shifting
13:47into a form of right that is about power and might and looks at ideas of diversity, inclusivity.
13:55It is too woke.
13:56We don't want it.
13:57We don't like it anymore.
13:58Is that something that you're concerned about?
14:00Yes, I'm concerned about because I'm commissioner for equality and we see a regression when it comes to gender equality
14:09and all kind of, you know, discrimination is something that we need to combat because this is not the Europe
14:18we want to live in.
14:20We want a Europe that is forgetting no one that is inclusive, that is diverse.
14:27This is our added value as a continent.
14:29So it's important to be very vocal.
14:33And that's why we had this strategy.
14:36We could have gone until 2030 without, you know, creating new flagship, new communication.
14:43But we did exactly the contrary.
14:46It means that equality, values, principles matter in our Europe and we are proud of.
14:52At what time horizon do you look at?
14:55What is something that is acceptable to you to see a Europe that looks like more like your proposal than
15:01the current one that we have?
15:03This is something that we should think about from yesterday, I would say, because it's linked to my other parts,
15:14my other competence, preparedness.
15:17We need to rebuild Ukraine, for instance, with having in mind the number of people who are wounded today.
15:28You know, I visited hospitals where you see a lot of people imputed, unfortunately.
15:34And we need to have accessibility by design to be sure that when we rebuild new schools, new hospitals, new
15:46airports, that it is accessible, you know, from the starting point and not something that is an added afterthought.
15:54In this process, and I'm sure, as you said, you had many stories and you spoke to many different people.
16:02What did you learn personally out of this?
16:04That it's about all of us and it's about who we are and how we want to live.
16:11You know, if you want to live in a society where the most fragile, vulnerable are left behind, you can,
16:19you know, think that it could be you.
16:21It can be your mother, it can be your children, your child tomorrow.
16:26And so it creates a lot of anxiety and a lack of confidence also.
16:31And what we are doing, it's exactly the contrary.
16:35We are building a trustful society where you know that we care about you.
16:42We care about all of us.
16:47We're moving on now.
16:49A crucial set of elections are taking place in the UK today.
16:53Voters in Wales and Scotland choose who runs their devolved governments, while many parts of England will elect local councils
17:00and mayors.
17:01The results are expected to provide a snapshot of the UK's fast-changing politics.
17:07Our Jakob Janis has more.
17:11Today, millions across the UK are heading to the polls.
17:15In parts of England, voters are electing local councils and several city mayors.
17:19And voters in Scotland and Wales are choosing who will lead their devolved governments.
17:24And while the EU has not been a prominent campaign topic, your reporter started to wonder, could these elections matter
17:32for the EU?
17:35In England, the traditional dominance of the Labour and Conservative parties is being challenged by two insurgent forces.
17:42Nigel Farage, Reform UK, and Zak Polanski, Green Party.
17:46With little experience in local infrastructure like bin collections or road repairs, their popularity was built on international issues.
17:54Brexit and immigration versus pro-EU stance, environmentalism and the conflict in Gaza.
18:01And amid growing unpopularity for Stammer's Labour government and low ratings for the Conservatives,
18:07parts of the public are seeking alternatives beyond the main parties.
18:12Moreover, predictions suggest Labour could lose nearly three quarters of its local council seats,
18:17its historic dominance in Wales and popularity in Scotland.
18:20And while Stammer is not on the ballot paper, a weak show for Labour could add to his domestic issues
18:27and disrupt his diplomatic UK-EU research.
18:31But here is a paradox.
18:33Ten years after Brexit referendum, recent surveys show that majority of all voters now support rejoining the EU,
18:40rising even to over 80% among Labour and Green supporters.
18:44Yet, at the same time, the pro-Brexit Reform UK party is enjoying a massive surge,
18:50arguing that Brexit was completely mismanaged.
18:54And some even say they could from the future national government.
18:58All right, so even if these local elections are about fixing the potholes in the roads,
19:03Britons still seem to be unsure which road to take.
19:12And that's it from us for today.
19:15And today's show was, in fact, our 100th episode.
19:18Thank you to you for keeping us company today and every morning here on Europe Today.
19:23Euronews' Maeve McMahon and Sasha Vakulina will be moderating sessions
19:27at the European Business Summit in Brussels later.
19:30You can catch that on our live stream on our social media channels.
19:33And we'll be back again with you at the same time tomorrow.
20:01We'll be back again with you at the same time tomorrow.
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