Europe – Page 28 – Prologue Journal

Green Energy Ambitions of European Companies Take a Beating

New York Times Orsted of Denmark and Equinor of Norway tap the brakes on offshore wind development after setbacks and market shifts. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/business/offshore-wind-green-energy.html

U.S. Waives Aid Funding Freeze at Syrian Camp Holding ISIS Fighters

New York Times Upholding security at the camp is seen as critical to prevent a resurgence of the Islamic State. A contractor that trains the police there got a temporary waiver allowing it to continue operating. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/world/europe/trump-usaid-funding-syria-isis.html

Bank of England Cuts Interest Rates as British Economy Weakens

New York Times The central bank cut rates for the third time in about six months as it said growth had been weaker than expected. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/business/bank-england-interest-rates.html

Grenfell Tower, Where Fire Killed 72, Will Be Demolished, Families Say

New York Times Survivors and bereaved families’ groups said Britain’s deputy prime minister had told them that the site of the 2017 catastrophe would be dismantled. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/world/europe/grenfell-tower-uk-demolished-survivors.html

For Europe’s Right, Trump Stirs Caution Alongside Celebration

New York Times The American president’s threat of tariffs is not in the interest of Europe’s nationalist parties, who are just as eager to put their own countries first. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/world/europe/trump-tariffs-europe-right.html

Trump’s Gaza Plan Has Many Pitfalls, Hamas Among the Biggest

New York Times President Trump’s proposal to “own” Gaza and transfer its population elsewhere has stirred condemnation and sarcasm, but it is an opening bid and could disrupt a tired diplomatic paradigm. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/world/europe/trump-gaza-hamas-palestinians.html

For Europe’s Right, Trump Stirs Caution Alongside Celebration

To Keep Aid Coming, Ukraine Appeals to Trump Allies: Conservative Christians

New York Times A Ukrainian delegation to the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington will make the case that Russia threatens the religious freedom of Christians who don’t follow the Russian Orthodox Church. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/world/europe/ukraine-national-prayer-breakfast.html

Thursday Briefing

New York Times Here’s what you need to know. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/briefing/trump-gaza-congo.html

Anson Rabinbach, Leading Historian of Nazi Culture, Dies at 79

New York Times He demonstrated that fascism had its own intellectual roots and showed how ideas, theories and an antisemitic “ethos” influenced German culture and policymaking. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/books/anson-rabinbach-dead.html