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00:14good morning it's Friday the 8th of May this is Europe Today and I'm Maret Gwynne coming to you
00:20live from Brussels with the news and analysis to start your day coming up today in a call with
00:26the European Commission chief overnight US President Donald Trump threatened much higher
00:32tariffs on the EU unless the bloc slashes tariffs on US goods to 0% by the 4th of July
00:39the pressure
00:40is on for the EU to push its embattled trade deal with the US over the line we'll have the
00:46details
00:46and the US says it has struck Iranian military sites following an exchange of fire in the Strait
00:53of Hormuz Tehran says civilian areas have been hit but President Trump claims the ceasefire is still
01:00in effect meanwhile Israeli and Lebanese officials are set to hold further talks next week as the
01:06ceasefire in Lebanon falters in other news Ukraine's top negotiator Rusem Umerov is in Miami to meet with
01:14Trump's envoys after weeks of stalled progress in US brokered peace talks it comes as Moscow's
01:22unilaterally announced ceasefire is supposed to take effect and after Russia broke the longer
01:27truce proposed by Ukraine President Zelensky has warned other states not to send their representatives
01:33to the parade in Moscow on Saturday but first this morning to our top story European Commission
01:40chief Ursula von der Leyen and President Trump held a call last night amid rising transatlantic trade
01:46tensions Trump has issued an ultimatum adding pressure on EU negotiators to push the trade deal
01:54with the US over the line for more I'm joined by our correspondent Stefan Grobe good morning Stefan good
02:00morning married so Trump is clearly not happy with the Europeans what's at stake here yeah he's losing
02:07patience on this one it was somewhat in the air after we've heard similar statements from members of his
02:13administration um in the days before now here's what he said verbatim in his social media post
02:20I've been waiting patiently for the EU to fulfill their side of the historic trade deal we agreed in
02:27Turnberry Scotland the largest trade deal ever I agreed to give until our country's 250th birthday or
02:35unfortunately their tariffs would immediately jump to much higher levels of course the deal is lopsided and
02:43controversial especially in the European parliament it's zero tariffs on US exports going to Europe and
02:5115 percent on European products going to America that's why negotiations between the EU institutions
02:59have been tough so far and are still ongoing before the deal can be approved by the parliament the main
03:06sticking point here being the demand to insert safeguards in case Trump breaches the joint
03:12commitments or threatens the bloc's territorial integrity as he did when he threatened to forcefully
03:19seize Greenland from Denmark the problem of course is Maeve that no one in Europe believes that this
03:27is a good deal is a good deal for us but still a looming threat of 25 percent tariffs on
03:32EU cars that could
03:34be a big blow especially to the German car industry well it would be a pretty nasty blow that's correct
03:41it
03:41would probably not destroy the European car industry but it could accelerate a major shift towards a relocation of
03:49industrial capacity away from Europe now not all German car makers would be equally exposed BMW
03:57Mercedes and Volkswagen Volkswagen they all run major plans in the US and Trump himself has said that vehicles
04:05made in US factories would avoid tariffs but Audi and Porsche would be very vulnerable they could lose market share
04:12their profit margins
04:13would shrink and they could be forced to relocate their production to America and this is exactly what Trump wants
04:21that could lead of
04:23course to further weakening Germany's car industry and Germany's industrial base and also put pressure on its suppliers in
04:31Eastern Europe and then the question is what would the EU do would it retaliate and how so the prospect
04:38of a trade war major trade war with the
04:41US is certainly um on the horizon here okay Stefan thank you so much for bringing us up to speed
04:48on that
04:49now we're moving on the EU's defense chief Andrius Kubilius will visit Poland and his native Lithuania today
04:56to sign defense loan deals collectively to the tune of 50 billion euros the aim is to strengthen these nations
05:05defenses
05:05and the loans are part of the EU's 150 billion euro defense program known as SAFE Poland will be the
05:13biggest beneficiary of the program
05:16Our EU correspondent Angela Skujins is here and spoke to Commissioner Kubilius just before he set off Angela 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 matted so the less juicy details first 15 percent of the cash is expected to be disbursed
05:37by the end of the month to both Poland and Lithuania the rest of the money should flow
05:42every six months dependent on whether these countries adhere to the European Commission's
05:47rules now this is of course part of the EU's big pitch to ensure the continent is fighting fit and
05:53can repel
05:53any foreign aggression namely Russia Poland is expected to receive the biggest envelope of cash we're talking about
05:5943 billion euros they want to beef up their anti-drone defense systems as well as that eastern flank so
06:06that's the land border between Poland and Belarus Lithuania is expected to receive a smaller parcel of
06:11money six billion euros but they really want to amp up their land forces and buy ammunition as well as
06:17mines 18 member states applied for this loan program including Hungary we know that the incoming Prime
06:24Minister Peter Maggia wants to put this on the back burner however I did manage to speak to the
06:29European Commissioner for Defense Andrus Kubilius before he took off to Poland and Lithuania today
06:35I asked him about the significance of inking these deals and it's very symbolic that we are doing that in
06:41Poland because Poland is the country which is taking the biggest responsibility on the biggest amount of
06:47those loans 42.7 if I am correct billion euros it's also very symbolic that we're doing that on on
06:54victory day
06:57showing really that we're ready you know to deter and then to defend ourselves and it's again very symbolic that
07:03we're doing that in you know just before Europe's day because this mechanism of safe loans is really
07:12based on basic principles of European Union and solidarity principles what is Europe protecting itself
07:18from what is the money going to be used for well definitely you know in Europe we see very clearly
07:26that possibility of Russian aggression against EU or NATO member states Israel that is what our
07:34intelligence services are speaking Poland is doing a very big job in strengthening both its own defense
07:42capabilities but also strengthening defense of the whole Europe because those frontier countries like
07:50Poland their border is also European Union border so and what is also very important that with that loan
07:58Poland is sensing its defense industry and this is our common goal in the whole Europe really to make our
08:07defense
08:07industries ready to produce what is 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
08:20loan application how hopeful are you that this proposal will get over the line well that is what we
08:28agreed with with you know new government of forthcoming government of Hungary that is a normal practice
08:34that's such a big you know responsibility such a big obligation from the government side should be taken
08:40when when when the new government is established and definitely they need to have some time to review the
08:46projects which were proposed by the previous government by by Viktor Orbach government and that's what
08:52it's nothing unusual here so definitely time is is very important because we want that all the member states
09:01would be able to fully implement those loans till 2030 I mean to have all the products produced we know
09:09that our
09:09industries are ramping up their production but still you know we see we see the issue and some governments
09:17are worried about that industries are not fast enough you know to increase their production so things are you
09:26know demand very very rapid actions I am very very happy that we managed to achieve such an outcome agreements
09:34on
09:35all the package of the loans during less than year time so and we hope that Hungary very soon also
09:42will
09:42join those who will use those loans for strengthening their defense and last question are you confident that
09:50Europe's defense industries will move fast enough to meet the demands of the EU member states when it comes to
09:56producing those weapons that they're ordering well that is our you know permanent how to say
10:05topic for discussions with the industries I was you know going through so-called missile tours through all
10:12the different producers of missiles and we started again symbolically from Poland and everywhere we were
10:18speaking about what still is needed to be done in order for our industries to ramp up to produce more
10:25to
10:26produce more fast to shift maybe from what industries are calling themselves what couture production very
10:32expensive very technological advance but very expensive and then slow to be produced to more of good enough
10:38production and we need to see very clearly what is our strategic challenge still Russia is out producing us and
10:47quite
10:48heavily so 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 direct talks between Israel and Lebanon are set to resume next week
11:04but Israel and Hezbollah continue to exchange fire with at least 380 people killed since the fragile
11:11ceasefire took effect in April this week Israel also struck Lebanon's capital of Beirut
11:17for the first time since the start of that ceasefire we're now joined live by Nadim Jemayel a Lebanese
11:24parliamentarian for the Kataeb party good morning sir good to have you with us can I start by asking you
11:30is it fair to say now that the ceasefire has completely collapsed and what does that mean
11:35for these talks between Lebanon and Israel so let's start by saying that there was no real ceasefire during
11:44this last two weeks because effectively small butter and skirmish were were continuing between Israel
11:51and Hezbollah in the south of Lebanon and of course what happened yesterday in Dahi was
11:57uh uh like a proof that this ceasefire is uh is very very very shallow now just to put things
12:04into
12:05perspective uh we need we need to ensure that there is no uh we are not in a war between
12:13Lebanon and Israel
12:14the real problem is between Hezbollah and Israel between Iran and the west including the United States
12:22and Israel and we are paying the price as Lebanese people indeed i will ask you about Hezbollah in just
12:28a moment but i want to ask you about the Israeli side first because we know the situation in the
12:32south
12:33demolitions shellings continue uh is that acceptable this is of course not acceptable but this is at the same
12:41time uh we we need we need to find a final solution and this final solution reside on the fact
12:49that we have
12:50we had in our south um militias and organization military organization that are outside the state that are
13:01outside the the organization of the state and who took Lebanon and the territory of Lebanon and the
13:06sovereignty of Lebanon as hostages and into a world that the Lebanese people didn't want so today what
13:12we're asking is to have one army one decision and one authority that take all the decision
13:20on the ground the the major obstacle to that is of course Hezbollah they are the warring party as
13:25you said not Lebanon but how can the Lebanese authorities now fulfill its commitment to disarming
13:33Hezbollah when the group refuses to do so and also when Hezbollah as a political movement still holds sway
13:39over parts of the population this requires a lot of will it it requires a lot of courage and it
13:48requires
13:48a decision from the head of the states in order to impose their authority and their presence today
13:55the state is nearly un-present it declared it we are a country with a flag but without the state
14:03and
14:03today what we want effectively is that this state be present be effective and have the authority to
14:10take all the decisions and we know that this is will not take it will not happen overnight this will
14:16happen on a long path but we need to start it and the state needs to approve and the name
14:22of the
14:22states needs to be to be existent that's what we're today from the government of Lebanon okay Nadine Jemayel
14:30thank 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 major questions are being
14:41asked about the future direction of the European Union our correspondent Stefan Grobe sat down with
14:47the EU's climate chief Wopke Hoikstra and asked him whether the EU could weather the storm if I look at
14:55the huge number of problems that we have on our plate that are in many ways in many ways global
15:03by nature
15:04climate change geopolitics the ramifications of AI and so on they're all things that these are all things
15:14that ask for more collaboration more cooperation more unity and more Europe so that in my view is the way
15:24forward what 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 in what sense homework I mean if you look at the
15:40the speed
15:41with which events are being pushed on our plate and 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 it asks
15:56for
15:56coordination and we're not necessarily always very quick in delivering
16:00uh occasionally we we manage to make use of a crisis and we push things forward but overall our
16:09design is too much um geared for good weather we're not in good weather we're an exceptionally bad
16:16weather and that will continue so that asks for a different approach on on that note do you think that
16:23donald trump and vladimir putin have done a lot to unify the continent here um well i mean it's it's
16:32and again let's let let let let let's let's separate the two and what is what is crystal clear is
16:38that putin
16:38continues with this absolutely horrific uh war in in ukraine and we have a huge incentive
16:46that in the end this ends with the bloody nose for him and he is wanted in the hague
16:53as for the americans um i think i'm i'm i'm worried about the damage that has been done to the
17:01relationship to the marriage um and in my view we need to follow a let's say a two-track
17:09strategy on the one hand there is a lot that unites us and there is an incentive and there are
17:16there are clear interests here at hands that make it important that we continue with our american
17:23friends that's one at the same time we it is true that the commitment displayed by the americans
17:31themselves is not what it what it always was before so we we have no alternative than to grow up
17:39and do
17:39more of this stuff ourselves to get much more savvy in the domain of geopolitics and by the way build
17:46broader partnerships with our partners ranging from canada to japan to a whole range of others
17:55and you can catch the full interview with commissioner hoixtra at 11 30 brussels time this morning
18:01on euronews moving on now this week the italian prime minister georgia meloni shared an
18:07ai fabricated image of herself in underwear that was spreading virally online warning people against
18:14the dangers of deep fake nudes the eu institutions in brussels are also taking action to crack down
18:21on ai-generated sexualized images as jacob janus explains it's no secret that ai is everywhere
18:31and this week italy was in an uproar of the air generated nude photos of prime minister georgia
18:37meloni and 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 and this personal attack has fueled
18:48an urgent discussion in brussels on how to stop nudification and protect citizens so what's the
18:54plan yesterday the eu reached a deal to ban nudification apps so the very tools used to
19:01generate non-consensual sexually explicit photos and videos and this is a vital step because while
19:08politicians can fight back most victims lack the resources to defend themselves and this barn is a
19:15part of a broader update to the ai act so the eu's rulebook for artificial intelligence and was
19:20designed to simplify the original rules and make them more innovation friendly for growing businesses
19:25and usually eu law moves slowly but brussels has put this issue on a priority fast track and the
19:32specific ban on nudification apps is expected to be fully enforceable across the union by december this
19:38year all right but what if you become a victim today for now you can use existing national privacy laws
19:45to
19:45insist that fake content is removed especially after the gdpr rules and since your image is your
19:52personal data you have a legal right to erasure a practical way to force platforms to hit the
19:58delete button immediately and we know this all too well at euronews our stories and journalists have
20:05been targeted by ai fakes with voices manipulated and images stolen by coordinated disinformation campaigns
20:13or even outlets like russia today and we always report these cases so if you happen to find a deep
20:21fake of yourself you should not wait and report it to
20:29jakob yanis there and that's it from us for today and for this week thank you so much for starting
20:34your
20:35day with europe today and mate mcmahon will be back in this seat here on monday remember to tune in
20:41then
20:41and in the meantime have a great weekend
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