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Brussels, my love? Is France becoming the sick man of Europe?
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This edition of our weekly talkshow focuses on the political stalemate in France, the fallout of the latest terrorist attack in Germany and the start of the Paralympics.
Returning from their August vacation, the French realise they still don’t have a new government. Weeks after the second round of the general elections, talks between President Macron and the political parties have just started in earnest and are already at a standstill. How does a paralyzed France affect decision-making in Europe?
Stefan Grobe and his guests get to the bottom of this: Maria Tadeo, Brussels-based correspondent covering the EU, Peter Hefele, policy director at the Wilfried Martens Centre, and Jérôme Quéré, managing director at the think tank Confrontations Europe.
As the EU gears up for a new legislative term, France is risking becoming “the sick man of Europe”. Weeks after snap legislative elections which ended in gridlock, the country’s political class is still navigating in the dark. A solid majority coalition? Mired in petty finger-pointing. A new prime minister? Nowhere in sight.
President Emmanuel Macron, once seen as Europe’s visionary leader, is looking like a lame duck who nobody wants to follow. Declaring a “truce” for the time of the Paris Olympics, Macron has just recently had talks with the political parties to find a way out of the dead end and form a new government.
But instead of a conciliatory tone, Macron adopted a hardened stance by refusing to appoint a prime minister from the left-wing alliance that won the most parliamentary seats in last month’s elections.
Macron wants to project strength, but it’s France’s paralysis that worries many in the European Union. A Union that is desperately looking for guidance.
The second topic: The mass stabbing by a rejected Syrian asylum seeker that left at least three people dead in the city of Solingen last week has caused shock, consternation and anger in Germany. Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his government is coming under increased pressure to be tougher on immigration, as the political far right has been milking the attack for their own purposes from the beginning.
At the same time, the EU Commission is carefully defending the integrity of the Schengen Area, the passport-free zone of 450 million citizens, arguably the most tangible achievement of European integration.
Finally, participants discussed the start of the Paralympic Games in the French capital this week. 4400 athletes from 128 countries participate, each of them with a physical or a cognitive disability.
For many, it’s more about compassion and understanding and less about the competition, simply because disabled people are much farther behind in society. Can the Paralympics change that? Or is it just a feel-good moment that will leave the disabled with their problems alone again once the Games are over? And what can we all learn as a society from the Paralympics?
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US, Iraq team up to kill 15 ISIS operatives in early morning raid, US military says
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A joint operation by American and Iraqi forces killed 15 members of the Islamic State group in western Iraq, the U.S. military announced.
The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) tweeted on Friday that in the early hours of Thursday, Aug. 29, U.S. and Iraqi forces killed 15 ISIS operatives.
The operatives were “armed with numerous weapons, grenades, and explosive ‘suicide’ belts,” the agency announced.
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A masked Islamic State soldier poses holding the ISIS flag in 2015. (Pictures from History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
The U.S. military noted that there were no civilian causalities from the operation.
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“ISIS remains a threat to the region, our allies, as well as our homeland. US CENTCOM alongside our coalition and Iraqi partners, will continue to aggressively pursue these terrorists,” they added.
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Thursday’s raid comes about a week after U.S. forces killed a senior leader of an Al-Qaeda-affiliated militant group in Syria.
The agency announced that Abu Abdul Makki, a senior leader in the group Horas al-Din, or “Guardians of Religion,” was killed in a “kinetic strike.” They said that Makki was “responsible for overseeing terrorist operations from Syria.”
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“CENTCOM remains committed to the enduring defeat of terrorists … who threaten the United States, its allies and partners, and regional stability,” the CENTCOM commander, Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, said in a statement.
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Archaeologists find 500-year-old navigational tool in Poland, possible connection to Copernicus
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A small ancient tool was unearthed in the canonical gardens of Frombork, Poland, that dates back 500 years.
The find was a rare compass made from copper. Its shape slightly resembles that of a wishbone in that it is connected at the top with the two prongs extending into the shape of a letter V.
The find was announced by the group responsible for its finding, Warminska Grupa Eksploracyjna, in a Facebook post on Aug. 4, 2024.
An ancient compass was found in Poland, and researchers believe the tool once belonged to Nicolaus Copernicus. (Pictures From History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
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“Today we are very successful,” a translated Facebook statement by the group says. The group further shared that they were able to locate underground tunnels where they spotted the ancient find.
This compass is only the third of its kind to be found in Poland, according to the archeology group’s Facebook post, which also showcased photos of the discovery.
After the artifact was found, it was put in the hands of Detekt Archaeological Services, which confirmed the compass was from between the 15th and 16th centuries, according to Live Science.
The compass is believed to have possible connections to Polish astronomer and mathematician Nicolaus Copernicus. The link between Copernicus and the tool mainly comes from the fact that it was found in Frombork, specifically in the canonical gardens where Copernicus spent much of his life.
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Copernicus was a famous astronomer who spent much of his life in Frombork. (DeAgostini/Getty Images)
“We discovered an ancient compass that probably belonged to Nicolaus Copernicus,” the Misja Skarb Foundation, a group also involved in the find, wrote on a translated webpage organized by Michael Antcza and dedicated to raising money for archaeological research. “This tool could be used by an astronomer to perform precise measurements and calculations that were crucial in his astronomical research. This find is of great historical importance because the compass is one of the few direct evidence of the practical application of science by Copernicus.”
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Copernicus was born on Feb. 19, 1473. He was known for his work in astronomy, especially regarding the heliocentric theory. He was the first European scientist to suggest that the Earth and other planets revolved around the sun, according to History.com.
This contradicted the common belief held by astronomers that the Earth was located at the center.
His ideas laid the groundwork for many astronomers after him, who built on Copernicus’ ideas to better understand the universe.
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Copernicus’ theory was described in the book “On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres.” (SSPL/Getty Images)
Copernicus’ theory was described in his book, “On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres,” which he finished in 1532, according to Space.com
It wasn’t until 1543 that the work was finally published, the same year Copernicus died in Frombork.
Since the finding of what could be a compass of the famed astronomer, it has been relocated to the Nicolaus Copernicus Museum, which has another similar tool in its possession already, according to an Aug. 4 Facebook post from the museum.
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