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00:14Good morning, it's Friday the 8th of May.
00:17This is Europe Today and I'm Maret Gwynne coming to you live from Brussels with the news and analysis to
00:24start 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.
01:56For 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.
02:17Now, here's what he said verbatim in his social media post.
02:20First, I'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.
02:31I agreed to give until our country's 250th birthday or, unfortunately, their tariffs would immediately jump to much higher levels.
02:40Of course, the deal is lopsided and controversial, especially in the European Parliament.
02:47It'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,
03:16as 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. That'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.
03:52Now, not all German car makers would be equally exposed. BMW, Mercedes and Volkswagen, they all run major plans in
04:02the 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. They could lose market share.
04:12Their profit margins would shrink and they could be forced to relocate their production to America.
04:19And this is exactly what Trump wants. That could lead, of course, to further weakening Germany's car industry and Germany's
04:27industrial base
04:28and also put pressure on its suppliers in Eastern Europe.
04:32And then the question is, what would the EU do? Would it retaliate and how?
04:37So the prospect of a trade war, major trade war with the US, is certainly on the horizon here.
04:45Okay, Stefan, thank you so much for bringing us up to speed on that.
04:49Now we're moving on. The EU's defence chief, Andriusz Kubylius, will visit Poland and his native Lithuania today to sign
04:57defence loan deals,
04:59collectively to 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 Kubylius just before he set off.
05:23Angela, good morning, good 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.
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 fit 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.
06:28However, I did manage to speak to the European Commissioner for Defence, Andrus Kubylius, 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.
06:52It'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 about Poland is doing a very big job in strengthening both its
07:41own defence capabilities, but also strengthening defence of the whole Europe, because those frontier countries like Poland, their border is
07:52also European Union border.
07:53So, and what is also very important that with that loan, Poland is strengthening its defence industry, and this is
08:04our common goal in the whole Europe, really, to make our defence industries ready to produce what is needed in
08:10order to deter the possibility of Russian aggression.
08:13And we know that the Hungarian Prime Minister to be Peter Magyar is currently reassessing that country's defence 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, 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,
08:48by Victor Orbach government, and that's what, it's nothing unusual here.
08:55So, definitely time is, is very important because we want that all the member states would be able to fully
09:03implement those loans till 2030, I mean, to have all the products produced.
09:07We 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, on all the package of
09:36the loans during less than year time.
09:40So, and we hope that Hungary very soon also will join those who, who will use those loans for strengthening
09:46their defence.
09:47And last question, are you confident that Europe's defence 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, and we started
10:15again 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, to shift maybe from what industries are calling themselves haute couture production.
10:32Very expensive, very technological advance, but 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. So that is what worries us.
10:52That was the EU's Defence 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.
11:14This 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'eb 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 Dahyeh 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
12:13between 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.
12:29But I want to ask you about the Israeli side first, because we know the situation in the south.
12:33Demolitions, shellings continue. Is 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 resides on the fact that we had in our south militias and organizations, military organizations,
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.
13:12So 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.
13:26But 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?
13:42This requires a lot of will. It requires a lot of courage, and it requires a decision from the head
13:50of the state
13:51in order to impose 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,
14:08and have the authority to take all 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,
14:19and the state needs to approve, and the states need to be existent.
14:25That's what we're asking today from the government of Lebanon.
14:29Okay, Nadeem 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.
14:53If I look at the huge number of problems that we have on our plate that are in many ways
15:01global 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.
15:21So, 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?
15:39I 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,
15:48where quite 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.
16:15We'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, and again, let's separate the two.
16:36What is crystal clear is that Putin continues with this absolutely horrific war in Ukraine,
16:43and we have a huge incentive that, in the end, this ends with a bloody nose for him.
16:51And he is wanted in the Hague.
16:54As 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,
17:14and there are 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, it is true that the commitment displayed by the Americans themselves is not what it always
17:35was before.
17:35So we have no alternative than to grow up and do more of this stuff ourselves,
17:41to get much more savvy in the domain of geopolitics,
17:44and, by the way, build broader partnerships with our partners ranging from Canada to Japan to a whole range of
17:52others.
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,
18:07shared an AI-fabricated image of herself in underwear that was spreading virally online,
18:13warning 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,
18:24as Jakob Janus explains.
18:28It's no secret that AI is everywhere.
18:31And this week, Italy was in an uproar of AI-generated nude photos of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
18:38And 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
18:50on how to stop nudification and protect citizens.
18:53So what's the plan?
18:56Yesterday, the EU reached a deal to ban nudification apps,
19:00so their very tools used to generate non-consensual sexually explicit photos and videos.
19:06And this is a vital step because, while politicians can fight back,
19:10most victims lack the resources to defend themselves.
19:14And this ban is a part of a broader update to the AI Act,
19:17so the EU's rulebook for artificial intelligence,
19:20and was designed to simplify the original rules
19:23and 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
19:34is expected to be fully enforceable across the Union by December this year.
19:39All right, but what if you become a victim today?
19:41For now, you can use existing national privacy laws
19:45to insist that fake content is removed,
19:48especially after the GDPR rules.
19:50And since your image is your personal data,
19:53you have a legal right to erasure,
19:55a practical way to force platforms 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,
20:07with voices manipulated and images stolen
20:11by 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,
20:22you should not wait and report it too.
20:29Jakob Yanis 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.
20:36Maeve 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.
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