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00:00Dzień dobry, it's Friday 8 May, this is Europe Today and I'm Maret Gwyn, coming to you live from Brussels
00:22with the news and analysis to start your day.
00:24Coming up today, in a call with the European Commission chief overnight, US President Donald Trump threatened much higher tariffs
00:32on the EU unless the bloc slashes tariffs on US goods to 0% by the 4th of July.
00:39The pressure is on for the EU to push its embattled trade deal with the US over the line. We'll
00:46have the details.
00:47And the US says it has struck Iranian military sites following an exchange of fire in the Strait of Hormuz.
00:54Tehran says civilian areas have been hit, but President Trump claims the ceasefire is still in effect.
01:01Meanwhile, Israeli and Lebanese officials are set to hold further talks next week as the ceasefire in Lebanon falters.
01:09In other news, Ukraine's top negotiator Rustem Umerov is in Miami to meet with Trump's envoys after weeks of stalled
01:17progress in US brokered peace talks.
01:20It comes as Moscow's unilaterally announced ceasefire is supposed to take effect and after Russia broke the longer truce proposed
01:28by Ukraine.
01:29President Zelensky has warned other states not to send their representatives to the parade in Moscow on Saturday.
01:37But first this morning to our top story.
01:39European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen and President Trump held a call last night amid rising transatlantic trade tensions.
01:47Trump has issued an ultimatum adding pressure on EU negotiators to push the trade deal with the US over the
01:55line.
01:55For more, I'm joined by our correspondent Stefan Grobe.
01:59Good morning, Stefan.
02:00Good morning, Marit.
02:00So Trump is clearly not happy with the Europeans.
02:04What's at stake here?
02:06Yeah, he's losing patience on this one.
02:08It was somewhat in the air after we've heard similar statements from members of his administration in the days before.
02:16Now, here's what he said verbatim in his social media post.
02:39Of course, the deal is lopsided and controversial, especially in the European Parliament.
02:46It's zero tariffs on US exports going to Europe and 15% on European products going to America.
02:56That's why negotiations between the EU institutions have been tough so far and are still ongoing before the deal can
03:04be approved by the Parliament.
03:05The main sticking point here being the demand to insert safeguards in case Trump breaches the joint commitments or threatens
03:14the bloc's territorial integrity,
03:17as he did when he threatened to forcefully seize Greenland from Denmark.
03:23The problem, of course, is, Maeve, that no one in Europe believes that this is a good deal for us.
03:29But still a looming threat of 25% tariffs on EU cars, that could be a big blow, especially to
03:36the German car industry.
03:38Well, it would be a pretty nasty blow.
03:40That's correct.
03:41It would probably not destroy the European car industry, but it could accelerate a major shift towards a relocation of
03:49industrial capacity away from Europe.
03:53Now, not all German carmakers would be equally exposed.
03:56Most BMW, Mercedes and Volkswagen, they all run major plans in the US.
04:02And Trump himself has said that vehicles made in US factories would avoid tariffs.
04:08But Audi and Porsche would be very vulnerable.
04:11They could lose market share.
04:12Their profit margins would shrink.
04:15And they could be forced to relocate their production to America.
04:19And this is exactly what Trump wants.
04:22That could lead, of course, to further weakening Germany's car industry and Germany's industrial base and also put pressure on
04:30its suppliers in Eastern Europe.
04:32And then the question is, what would the EU do?
04:34Would it retaliate and how?
04:37So the prospect of trade war, major trade war with the US is certainly on the horizon here.
04:45OK, Stefan, thank you so much for bringing us up to speed on that.
04:49Now we're moving on.
04:50The EU's defence chief, Andriusz Kobilius, will visit Poland and his native Lithuania today to sign defence loan deals collectively
04:59to the tune of 50 billion euros.
05:02The aim is to strengthen these nations' defences and the loans are part of the EU's 150 billion euro defence
05:10programme known as SAFE.
05:12Poland will be the biggest beneficiary of the programme.
05:16Our EU correspondent, Angela Skujins, is here and spoke to Commissioner Kobilius just before he set off.
05:23Angela, good morning.
05:24Good to see you.
05:25Tell us first, what will this money, when will it flow and what will it be spent on?
05:30Good morning, Madrid.
05:31So the less juicy details first.
05:3415% of the cash is expected to be dispersed by the end of the month to both Poland and
05:40Lithuania.
05:40The rest of the money should flow every six months, dependent on whether these countries adhere to the European Commission's
05:47rules.
05:47Now, this is, of course, part of the EU's big pitch to ensure the continent is fighting fear and can
05:53repel any foreign aggression, namely Russia.
05:56Poland is expected to receive the biggest envelope of cash.
05:59We're talking about 43 billion euros.
06:02They want to beef up their anti-drone defence systems as well as that eastern flank.
06:06So that's the land border between Poland and Belarus.
06:09Lithuania is expected to receive a smaller parcel of money, 6 billion euros, but they really want to amp up
06:14their land forces and buy ammunition as well as mines.
06:1818 member states applied for this loan program, including Hungary.
06:23We know that the incoming Prime Minister, Peter Magyar, wants to put this on the back burner.
06:27However, I did manage to speak to the European Commissioner for Defence, Andrus Kobilius, before he took off to Poland
06:34and Lithuania today.
06:35I asked him about the significance of inking these deals.
06:39And it's very symbolic that we are doing that in Poland, because Poland is the country which is taking the
06:45biggest responsibility on the biggest amount of those loans.
06:4842.7, if I am correct, billion euros.
06:51It's also very symbolic that we're doing that on Victory Day, showing really that we're ready, you know, to deter
07:00and to defend ourselves.
07:02And it's again very symbolic that we're doing that in, you know, just before Europe's Day, because this mechanism of
07:09safe loans is really based on basic principles of European Union and on solidarity principles.
07:16What is Europe protecting itself from? What is the money going to be used for?
07:22Well, definitely, you know, in Europe, we see very clearly that possibility of Russian aggression against EU or NATO member
07:32states is real.
07:33That is what our intelligence services are speaking.
07:36Poland is doing a very big job in strengthening both its own defense capabilities,
07:42but also strengthening defense of the whole Europe, because those frontier countries like Poland, their border is also European Union
07:53border.
07:54So, and what is also very important that with that loan, Poland is strengthening its defense industry.
08:03And this is our common goal in the whole Europe, really, to make our defense industries ready to produce what
08:10is needed in order to deter possibility of Russian aggression.
08:13And we know that the Hungarian prime minister to be, Peter Magyar, is currently reassessing that country's defense loan application.
08:22How hopeful are you that this proposal will get over the line?
08:26Well, that is what we agreed with, with, you know, new government of, or forthcoming government of Hungary.
08:33That is a normal practice that such a big, you know, responsibility, such a big obligation from the government side
08:40should be taken when the new government is established.
08:43And definitely they need to have some time to review the projects which were proposed by the previous government, by
08:48Viktor Orbach government.
08:50And that's what, it's nothing unusual here.
08:55So, definitely time is very important, because we want that all the member states would be able to fully implement
09:04those loans till 2030.
09:05I mean, to have all the products produced.
09:08We know that our industries are ramping up their production, but still, you know, we see, we see the issue.
09:16And some governments are worried about that industries are not fast enough, you know, to increase their production.
09:24So, things are, you know, demand very, very rapid actions.
09:29I am very, very happy that we managed to achieve such an outcome agreements on all the package of the
09:37loans during less than a year time.
09:39So, and we hope that Hungary very soon also will join those who will use those loans for strengthening their
09:47defense.
09:47And last question, are you confident that Europe's defense industries will move fast enough to meet the demands of the
09:54EU member states when it comes to producing those weapons that they're ordering?
09:58Well, that is our, you know, permanent, how do you say, topic for discussions with the industries.
10:08I was, you know, going through so-called missile tours, through all the different producers of missiles.
10:14And we started again, symbolically, from Poland.
10:17And everywhere we were speaking about what still is needed to be done in order for our industries to ramp
10:23up, to produce more, to produce more fast,
10:27to shift maybe from what industries are calling themselves haute couture production, very expensive, very technological advance,
10:34but very expensive and slow to be produced to more of good enough production.
10:39And we need to see very clearly what is our strategic challenge.
10:44Still, Russia is outproducing us, and quite heavily.
10:48So, that is what worries us.
10:52That was the EU's Defense Commissioner, Andrius Kobilius, speaking to our correspondent, Angela Skugins.
10:58We're moving to the Middle East next.
11:00Direct talks between Israel and Lebanon are set to resume next week.
11:05But Israel and Hezbollah continue to exchange fire, with at least 380 people killed since the fragile ceasefire took effect
11:13in April.
11:13This week, Israel also struck Lebanon's capital of Beirut for the first time since the start of that ceasefire.
11:20We're now joined live by Nadim Jemayel, a Lebanese parliamentarian for the Qata'eep party.
11:26Good morning, sir. Good to have you with us.
11:28Can I start by asking you, is it fair to say now that the ceasefire has completely collapsed,
11:34and what does that mean for these talks between Lebanon and Israel?
11:39So, let's start by saying that there was no real ceasefire during the last two weeks
11:45because, effectively, small butter and skirmish were continuing between Israel and Hezbollah in the south of Lebanon.
11:54And, of course, what happened yesterday in Dahye was, like, proof that the ceasefire is very, very, very shallow.
12:02Now, just to put things into perspective, we need to ensure that there is no—we are not in a war
12:12between Lebanon and Israel.
12:14The real problem is between Hezbollah and Israel, between Iran and the West, including the United States and Israel.
12:22And we are paying the price as Lebanese people.
12:25Indeed. I will ask you about Hezbollah in just a moment.
12:28But I want to ask you about the Israeli side first, because we know the situation in the south.
12:33Demolitions, shellings continue.
12:36Is that acceptable?
12:38This is, of course, not acceptable, but this is, at the same time, we need to find a final solution.
12:46And this final solution reside on the fact that we have—we had in our south militias and organization, military organization,
12:58that are outside the state, that are outside the organization of the state,
13:03and who took Lebanon and the territory of Lebanon and the sovereignty of Lebanon as hostages
13:08and into a war that the Lebanese people didn't want.
13:11So today what we're asking is to have one army, one decision, and one authority that take all the decision
13:20on the ground.
13:21The major obstacle to that is, of course, Hezbollah.
13:24They are the warring party, as you said, not Lebanon.
13:27But how can the Lebanese authorities now fulfill its commitment to disarming Hezbollah when the group refuses to do so,
13:35and also when Hezbollah, as a political movement, still holds sway over parts of the population?
13:43This requires a lot of will.
13:45It requires a lot of courage, and it requires a decision from the head of the state in order to
13:52impose their authority and their presence.
13:55Today the state is nearly unpresent.
13:58It declared we are a country with a flag, but without a state.
14:03And today what we want effectively is that this state be present, be effective, and have the authority to take
14:10all the decisions.
14:11We know that this will not take, it will not happen overnight.
14:15This will happen on a long path, but we need to start it, and the state needs to approve, and
14:22the state needs to be existent.
14:25That's what we're asking today from the government of Lebanon.
14:28Okay, Nadim Jemayel, thank you so much for your time and for joining us on Europe Today this morning.
14:34Now, as Europe grapples with another energy crisis in the wake of the Iran war,
14:40major questions are being asked about the future direction of the European Union.
14:44Our correspondent, Stefan Grobe, sat down with the EU's climate chief, Wopke Hoikstra,
14:50and asked him whether the EU could weather the storm.
14:54If I look at the huge number of problems that we have on our plate,
14:58that are in many ways global by nature,
15:04climate change, geopolitics, the ramifications of AI and so on,
15:11these are all things that ask for more collaboration, more cooperation, more unity, and more Europe.
15:22So that, in my view, is the way forward.
15:25What it does ask from us is the tools and also the speed to deliver this at scale.
15:34And there, I think we have homework to do.
15:37In what sense homework?
15:38I mean, if you look at the speed with which events are being pushed on our plate,
15:44and you think about our infrastructure in Europe,
15:49quite often it's a bit at a member states level, it is a bit at the European level,
15:55it asks for coordination, and we're not necessarily always very quick in delivering.
16:02Occasionally we manage to make use of a crisis and we push things forward.
16:07But overall, our design is too much geared for good weather.
16:13We're not in good weather.
16:14We're in exceptionally bad weather and that will continue.
16:17So that asks for a different approach.
16:21On that note, do you think that Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have done a lot to unify the continent
16:29here?
16:30Well, I mean, it's, it's, and again, let's, let's, let's, let's, let's separate the two.
16:36What is, what is crystal clear is that Putin continues with this absolutely horrific war in, in Ukraine.
16:43And we have a huge incentive that, in the end, this ends with a bloody nose for him, and he
16:51is wanted in the Hague.
16:53As for the Americans, I think I'm worried about the damage that has been done to the relationship, to the
17:02marriage.
17:03And in my view, we need to follow a, let's say, a two-track strategy.
17:09On the one hand, there is a lot that unites us and there is an incentive and there are, there
17:17are clear interests here at hand that make it important that we continue with our American friends.
17:23That's one.
17:24At the same time, we, it is true that the commitment displayed by the Americans themselves is not what it,
17:34what it always was before.
17:35So we, we have no alternative than to grow up and do more of this stuff ourselves, to get much
17:42more savvy in the domain of geopolitics, and by the way, build broader partnerships with our partners ranging from Canada
17:49to Japan to a whole range of others.
17:55And you can catch the full interview with Commissioner Hoekstra at 11.30 Brussels time this morning on Euronews.
18:02Moving on now, this week, the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, shared an AI-fabricated image of herself in underwear
18:11that was spreading virally online, warning people against the dangers of deepfake nudes.
18:17The EU institutions in Brussels are also taking action to crack down on AI-generated sexualized images, as Jakob Janos
18:26explains.
18:28It's no secret that AI is everywhere.
18:31And this week, Italy was in an uproar of the AI-generated nude photos of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
18:37And in a bold move, she published the image herself on social media as a stark warning.
18:42If it can happen to a Prime Minister, it can happen to anyone.
18:47And this personal attack has fueled an urgent discussion in Brussels on how to stop nudification and protect citizens.
18:53So what's the plan?
18:56Yesterday, the EU reached a deal to ban nudification apps, so the very tools used to generate non-consensual sexually
19:03explicit photos and videos.
19:06And this is a vital step because, while politicians can fight back, most victims lack the resources to defend themselves.
19:13And this ban is a part of a broader update to the AI Act, so the EU's rulebook for artificial
19:19intelligence, and was designed to simplify the original rules and make them more innovation-friendly for growing businesses.
19:26And usually, EU law moves slowly.
19:29But Brussels has put this issue on a priority fast track.
19:32And the specific ban on nudification apps is expected to be fully enforceable across the Union by December this year.
19:39Alright, but what if you become a victim today?
19:42For now, you can use existing national privacy laws to insist that fake content is removed, especially after the GDPR
19:49rules.
19:50And since your image is your personal data, you have a legal right to erasure, a practical way to force
19:57platforms to hit the delete button immediately.
20:00And we know this all too well at Euronews.
20:03Our stories and journalists have been targeted by AI fakes, with voices manipulated and images stolen by coordinated disinformation campaigns
20:13or even outlets like Russia today.
20:16And we always report these cases.
20:19So if you happen to find a deepfake of yourself, you should not wait and report it too.
20:29Jakob Janus there.
20:30And that's it from us for today and for this week.
20:33Thank you so much for starting your day with Europe today.
20:37Maeve McMahon will be back in this seat here on Monday.
20:40Remember to tune in then.
20:41And in the meantime, have a great weekend.
20:52And we will have a great weekend.
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