Many residents are being forced to ride out the heat wave with the help of electric fans, ice packs, and cold showers.

PARIS — Marine Le Pen doesn’t want the French to sweat, whether it’s over the rise of the far right or the mercury climbing up their thermometers. “It is high time that France rolled out a major air ...

Marianne Touchie is no stranger to chilly workplaces. In the height of summer, when her office’s air conditioning was on full blast, Touchie would shiver under layers of sweaters and shawls ...

The European heatwave has moved east, threatening record temperatures in Germany, as a political row broke out in France over air conditioning. The French far-right leader Marine Le Pen seized a ...

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European Parliament’s air conditioning breaks down due to hot weather “I know they want to make us sweat over our political positions, but isn’t this ridiculous?” an ECR spokesperson said.

Updated 1.39pm The president of Malta’s southern regional council has blamed a lack of air conditioning at an EU meeting yesterday for his falling asleep during a speech by a Spanish politician.

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