The offices of the EC president and top officials in Brussels were kept cool while the staff on lower floors sweated as the outdoor temperature reached 34C, Politico has reported
The EU Commission’s headquarters in Brussels shut down air conditioning on its lower floors during a record-breaking heatwave, while the offices of President Ursula von der Leyen and other top officials kept their cooling intact, Politico reported on Friday, citing employees and internal alerts. The perceived double standards enraged some of the personnel, who described it as Eurocratic ‘feudalism’.
The Berlaymont building’s roughly 3,000 employees received an urgent midday text on Friday warning that “due to extreme weather conditions,” the cooling system on floors one through seven would be switched off “for the rest of the day,” the outlet reported.
However, the shutoff zone did not apply to floors eight through 13, where top officials, including most of the 26 commissioners and von der Leyen herself, work.
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