From schools to trains and now the European Commission, Europe's infrastructure has failed to cope with a heatwave
Europe’s heatwave has crashed much of the air cooling system in the Berlaymont headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels.
As trains are cancelled, schools closed and employees sent to ‘work from home’, the EU’s executive has shown the same inability of much of Europe’s infrastructure in coping with adverse climate conditions.
“Special Message. BERL – Due to extreme weather conditions, forced shutdown of air cooling system from floor 1 to 7 for the rest of the day,” said an internal security message on Friday afternoon.
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