France’s environment minister on Tuesday rejected a plan by former leader of the National Rally party Marine Le Pen to install air conditioners nationwide to protect citizens during increasingly hot summers, Politico has reported.
Agnes Pannier-Runacher claims that AC units could make heatwaves worse by blowing out hot air on to the street, according to the outlet.
France is battling extreme temperatures as a powerful heatwave grips southern Europe. The country has closed dozens of schools and issued health alerts. Soaring temperatures have also scorched Portugal, Spain, Italy, and Greece.
”The government wants ordinary people to suffer the…
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