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00:14Good morning, it's Thursday the 7th of May. I'm Marit Gwynn and you're watching Europe Today,
00:20your daily dose of morning news and analysis live here on Euronews. Coming up today, EU
00:27negotiators failed to reach an agreement on the bloc's trade deal with the US in late night talks
00:33here in Brussels. Talks could resume on May the 19th. Pressure is mounting after President Trump
00:40threatened to hike tariffs on EU cars to 25 percent, a move that would be in breach of the
00:47deal. And oil prices have fallen amid reports Iran and the US are closing in on a deal to end
00:54the
00:54war. But Washington and Tehran have offered conflicting reports on the state of negotiations.
01:00We speak to the US's former ambassador to NATO, Kurt Volker, about the conflict and its implications
01:07for the transatlantic alliance. Also, three people are being evacuated to Europe from the cruise ship
01:14at the center of a deadly Hantavirus outbreak. The ship is sailing towards the Canary Islands after
01:20the Spanish government gave permission for it to dock, despite the regional government there rejecting
01:25the request. We'll have more details on that story too. But 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
01:38the US during talks which stretched late into the night here in Brussels. The delay risks adding to the
01:44frustration of President Trump, who has, of course, threatened to hike tariffs on EU cars to 25 percent.
01:51For more, we can bring in our trade reporter, Peggy Corlan. Good morning, Peggy.
01:55Good morning.
01:56So no deal on implementing this agreement still. Tell us more.
02:01No deal. Yesterday night, EU lawmakers and EU member states didn't find an agreement to cut EU
02:08tariffs on US goods to 0 percent, as agreed in the Thumbury Agreement. Let me remind you what this
02:14Thumbury Agreement is about. Last year, after weeks of trade disputes, the EU and the US agreed that they
02:22would impose US tariffs at 15 percent on EU goods and that the EU would cut its tariffs at 0
02:32percent.
02:32So yesterday night, the parliament's lead negotiator, the German MEP Bernd Lange,
02:39wanted to attach conditions to the deal. The core objective was to shield the deal from future US
02:46threats, like the one made last week over EU cars or like the one made a couple of months ago
02:52over
02:52Greenland. And they wanted, the parliament also wanted to make the deal temporary, which means expiring in
02:59March 2028, a couple of months before the end of Trump's mandate.
03:04Okay. And Peggy, I think we can also take a listen to what Maroshevkovic, the trade chief,
03:10who of course has 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 US exports to
03:26European Union, as we agreed in our joint statement. And of course, for me, it's also
03:30very important that the United States would live up to the expectations and also would live up to
03:36what was agreed to the firmary. And I'm talking here about return to 15 percent all-inclusive tariff,
03:42which was agreed up.
03:44And Peggy, we know that EU capitals governments are part of these talks. What are they saying?
03:49Well, EU governments consider that the parliament's demands go too far. But the diplomats I talked to
03:57yesterday night told me that there could be room for compromise, but it's too early. Yesterday night
04:03was about presenting each side's political line and technical negotiations will come at a future stage
04:11for next round of negotiations. EU 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, and at the same time protect the agreement from future US
04:38threat. So here, there's room for compromise with the parliaments, which pursue the same goal.
04:44Okay, Peggy, thank you so much for that comprehensive update. We'll be keeping an eye
04:48on developments in the coming weeks, of course. Now, moving on, after two months of conflict,
04:53it appears that the US and Iran are closing in on a one-page 14-point memo to end the
04:59war.
04:59Reports suggest the deal could include a moratorium on nuclear enrichment and the easing of some sanctions
05:04on Iran. A key question is when the Strait of Hormuz can fully reopen. But the war has already put
05:10transatlantic ties under immense strain. Our correspondent Shona Murray caught up with the
05:16former US ambassador to NATO, Kurt Volker, and started by asking him about his assessment
05:21of the prospects of a deal. It seems like there will be a mutual agreed, mutually agreed opening
05:29of the Strait of Hormuz, so shipping can go in and out. There'll be an end to fighting, and there'll
05:35be
05:35a moratorium on uranium enrichment and a nuclear program with inspections. Those seem to be the
05:43outlines, probably also lifting of sanctions and returning funds to Iran. This is actually very,
05:49very similar to what was already in the JCPOA that was torn up. The difference is, if there are any,
05:57and if what we read in the press is to believe, are that we've destroyed most of Iran's power
06:03projection capability. So it'll take them a while to restore that. Which is what the JCPOA would have
06:10done if it had been able to continue after 2017. Right. Well, that would have expired, I believe,
06:16in 2018. They could have renegotiated. I mean, the path of the JCPOA that the years before it took to
06:22negotiate that as well. In that sense, yes. So we are basically back where we were and achieving
06:30pretty much the same thing. So what can Donald Trump say that he achieved, particularly given the
06:36death toll? I mean, we saw 170 young schoolgirls killed on the first day of this war. I mean,
06:43then also other, obviously, civilian casualties and a regime still intact after it killed its own
06:49people back in January, which was actually the reason why this particular conflict started in
06:55the first place. There 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. I'm not
07:08sure the number was quite that high, but a large number of people killed by the regime. Other times,
07:13it was the nuclear program. Other times it was ballistic missiles. But what I think he can say
07:19he achieved is setting Iran back, both in terms of its military, its power projection capability,
07:27its proxies and its nuclear program. All of that is physically set back substantially. But as you say,
07:36the regime does stay in place and it does have the capability and the will to shut down shipping in
07:45the Persian Gulf if it wants to. And the issue is, though, that with the Strait of War, although it
07:50had
07:50been gamed that the Iranians could take control of it in the event of a war like this, they have
07:56institutionalized it now, the Iranians. They've sort of know, they know now that they can control this,
08:01turn it on and off as they like in the future.
08:04Yeah, that's right. And also the business model of the Gulf states of being a secure and relatively
08:11free place to do business globally is shaken a bit by the fact that Iran has shown a willingness
08:18to fire missiles and drones at them. So that's going to take some time to restore confidence there
08:23as well. So in a way, the Iranian regime comes out of this emboldened, even though they have been
08:28substantially weakened. What do you think this means for NATO? We saw the U.S. President,
08:34abruptly announced the withdrawal of 5,000 troops because we haven't seen any strategy since from
08:39the Pentagon in relation to that.
08:40Let's put these into a couple of different categories. The first is President Trump's
08:44peak at NATO countries for not fighting alongside the U.S. in the Persian Gulf.
08:51That's really, I think, a distraction. He never asked them to. There was no consultation. There was
08:56no agreement on a common plan. It was just a venting saying, well, you're not there for us,
09:02even though we're there for you. I don't think that is something we should take too seriously from a
09:07military point of view. But rather, it is just a further reflection of President Trump's general
09:13unhappiness with NATO countries. Then you get to specific complaints about we were not able to
09:20use bases in Spain. We were not able to use bases in Italy. Germany said some nasty things about us.
09:26And so we're going to take some military steps. Well, there, I think we do have to take it seriously.
09:32President Trump is indeed unhappy and wants to take some steps. But then we have to look at what
09:37the U.S. military wants to do. The presence of U.S. forces in Europe is good for the United
09:43States.
09:47Ambassador Kurt Volker speaking to Shona Murray there. Now, three people with suspected Hantavirus are
09:54being evacuated from the cruise ship linked to the deadly outbreak of the virus. Three people have
10:00already died on the Dutch-flagged ship known as MV Hondius. The ship is now on its way to the
10:06Canary Islands.
10:07For more details on this story, I'm joined by our health reporter, Marta Iraola. Good morning, Marta.
10:13Bring us up to speed. Remind us the story of this cruise ship. Good morning. Yeah, we're talking about
10:20a 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,
10:34until it arrived to Cabo Verde. Cabo Verde was the original destination of the ship. However, at the beginning
10:41of April, some people started to feel sick in what it has now been confirmed as an outbreak of Hantavirus,
10:47a rare rodent disease. Since then, there have been eight infected passengers. Three of them have died.
10:54Some others are being treated in the hospital, and the three are being evacuated to the Netherlands.
11:00Okay, 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
11:10this weekend on Saturday to Tenerife. The passengers will likely disembark on Monday, and will from
11:16them from there be taken to their own countries, where they will be put in quarantine. This decision of
11:22taking the ship to the Canary Island has raised some tensions between the local government and the
11:27national government of Spain. Here 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. It
11:40makes no sense for them to have to travel to the Canary Islands to be repatriated. They can easily do
11:44so
11:44at the Cabo Verde International Airport. If we are truly considering the best interests of these passengers,
11:50and ensuring they can return home to put an end to this nightmare, the reasonable course of action is for
11:55them to do so immediately.
11:58Still, the national government of Spain, the World Health Organization, and the European Union
12:04consider that Spain is more than ready to receive these patients, and launch the appropriate public
12:09health response that is more prepared than Cabo Verde. At the same time, the World Health Organization is
12:14tracking 23 passengers that disembarked the ship in Santa Elena, and are now being tracked to see where they
12:21are, and 80 other passengers that took a flight to South Africa with one of the passengers that later died.
12:28Okay, Marta, thank you so much for bringing us up to speed on that story. We'll be keeping an eye
12:33out for
12:33any further developments, of course. But we're moving on now. The European Commission says it is upping its
12:39commitments to promoting the rights and inclusion of people with disabilities by reviewing its long-term
12:45strategy. Our Europe editor, Maria Tadeo, sat down with the EU's Commissioner for Equality, Haja Labib,
12:51and started by asking her about the Commission's new initiatives.
12:55We are launching a new EU alliance for independent living, with a budget also to support
13:06service-based communities instead of institutions. And that is what we call deinstitutionalization,
13:16to be sure that a person with disabilities can live their own life independently. And it is about
13:22their dignity, their choice also. And then to put everything into place to be sure that they will
13:29have the capacity to be more included in the labor market.
13:33And I have to ask you, there's a very political question, but it matters because of the times that
13:39we're in. Some would argue there's been, well, pushback against the idea of inclusivity,
13:44that the political debate is sort of shifting into a form of right that is about power and might,
13:53and looks at ideas of diversity, inclusivity. It is too woke. We don't want it. We don't like it
13:58anymore. Is 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
14:07comes to gender equality. And all kinds of, you know, discrimination is something that we need
14:15to combat, because this is not the Europe we want to live in. We want a Europe that is forgetting
14:23no one,
14:24that is inclusive, that is diverse. This is our added value as a continent. So it's important to
14:31to be very vocal. And that's why we had this strategy. We could have gone until 2030 without,
14:40you know, creating new flagship, new communication. But we did exactly the contrary. It means that
14:46equality, values, principles matter in our Europe, and we are proud of.
14:52At what time horizon do you look at? What is something that is acceptable to you to see a Europe
14:59that looks like more like your proposal than the 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
15:13other parts, my other competence, preparedness. We need to rebuild Ukraine, for instance,
15:21with having in mind the number of people who are wounded today. You know, I visited hospitals,
15:30where you see a lot of people imputed, unfortunately. And we need to have accessibility
15:39by design, to be sure that when we rebuild new schools, new hospitals, new airports, that it is
15:48accessible, you know, from the starting point, and not something that has an added afterthought.
15:54In this process, and I'm sure, as you said, you had you had many stories, and you spoke to
16:00many different people. What 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. You know,
16:11if you want to live in a society where the most fragile, vulnerable are left behind, you can,
16:18you know, think that it could be you, it can be your mother, it can be your children, your child,
16:24tomorrow. And so it creates a lot of anxiety and a lack of confidence also. And what we are doing,
16:33it's exactly the contrary. We 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. A crucial set of elections are taking place in the UK today. Voters in Wales
16:54and Scotland choose who runs their devolved governments, while many parts of England will
16:59elect local councils and mayors. The results are expected to provide a snapshot of the UK's
17:05fast-changing politics. Our Jakob Janis has more.
17:11Today, millions across the UK are heading to the polls. In parts of England, voters are electing
17:17local councils and several city mayors. And voters in Scotland and Wales are choosing who will lead
17:23their devolved governments. And while the EU has not been a prominent campaign topic,
17:28your reporter started to wonder, could these elections matter for the EU?
17:35In England, the traditional dominance of the Labour and Conservative parties is being challenged by two
17:40insurgent forces, Nigel Farage Reform UK and Zak Polanski Green Party. With little experience in local
17:48infrastructure 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. Moreover, predictions suggest Labour could
18:14lose nearly three quarters of its local council seats, its 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. But here is a paradox. Ten years after Brexit referendum,
18:35recent surveys showed that majority of all voters now support rejoining the EU, rising even to over
18:4180% among Labour and Green supporters. Yet, at the same time, the pro-Brexit Reform UK party is enjoying
18:49a massive surge, arguing that Brexit was completely mismanaged. And some even say they could from the
18:56future national governments. Alright, so even if these local elections are about fixing the potholes in the
19:02road, Britons still seem to be unsure which road to take.
19:12And that's it from us for today. And today's show was in fact our 100th episode. Thank you to you
19:19for
19:20keeping us company today and every morning here on Europe Today. Euronews' Maeve McMahon and Sasha
19:25Vakulina will be moderating sessions at the European Business Summit in Brussels later. You can catch that on
19:31our live stream on our social media channels. And 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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