Temperature exceeds 40C in parts of Europe - Närmare 40 än 37. A conspiracy of silence.

A conspiracy of silence about climate change has spread through Europe’s political classes 

Its consequences are becoming unavoidable for hundreds of millions of voters. Politicians who ignore the manifest fact of increasingly common climate disasters won’t look smart, they’ll look out of touch.


President Emmanuel Macron was pictured on the cover of Paris Match magazine riding a jet ski while temperatures topped 41 degrees Celsius. 

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz took an extended summer break through most of August and had nothing to say while drought dried up the Rhine, fires swept the country, and an estimated 12,000 people died from heat-related causes.

David Fickling Bloomberg 8 September 2026

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-09-08/heatwaves-are-making-europe-s-politicians-look-clueless-again


France and Spain have been among the hottest locations this week with temperatures exceeding 40C at times.

On Thursday, El Granado in south-west Spain reached 45.7C, the country's highest temperature recorded this year.

It is very unusual for the annual maximum temperature to occur outside of July and August.

The extreme heat is forecast to intensify for central and eastern areas over the next few days.

BBC 5 September 2026

https://www.bbc.com/weather/articles/cyvzq94g604o


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