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EU refuses to take side for or against air conditioning amid record-breaking heatwave

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Heating engineers work on installing an air conditioning unit in the home of a local resident (L) in Mericourt, northern France on June 19, 2026. © François Lo Presti, AFP

As Europe’s deadly heatwave moves east, Brussels said Monday it would not pick a side in the heated political debate for or against air conditioning.

The European Union refused to be drawn into a heating political debate on the merits of air conditioning Monday, saying it was not for 27-nation bloc to micromanage how people cool their homes.

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