Climate Crisis in the European Commission Building: Criticisms of Feudalism

The climate crisis in the European Commission building in Brussels has sparked outrage among staff. The shutdown of air conditioning systems on lower floors and their continued operation on upper floors has led to criticisms of a 'feudal system'. The climate crisis in the European Commission building has sparked outrage among staff. The shutdown of air conditioning systems on lower floors and their continued operation on upper floors has led to criticisms of a 'feudal system'. In the European Commission building in Brussels, the cooling system on lower floors was shut down due to extreme heat. A European Commission official told POLITICO that the fact that staff on lower floors were deprived of air conditioning while upper floors continued to be cooled was 'like feudalism'. An employee described the situation as 'embarrassing'. A staff member on the 8th floor reported that despite the air conditioning being on, the office temperature reached 25.7 degrees Celsius.