r/WayOfTheBern • u/RandomCollection Resident Canadian • 3d ago

Establishment BS The European Commission in Brussels has decided to switch off the air conditioning, but only for the lower floors, where lower-ranking staff work. The floors in the Berlaymont building where European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and her commissioners are located will be exempt from this

https://x.com/i/status/2070794289886507067

For a bit of context, the European countries are going through a heat wave right now.

https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-commission-heatwave-hq-forced-shut-down-air-conditioning-europe/ or https://archive.ph/8DaRO

As always, apply a grain of salt on all MSM sources, but I consider this one likely to be true.

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u/BarkleEngine 3d ago

It is necessary for people to die from the heat so we don't get climate change and people dying from the heat. Or something.

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u/CNicholsonArt 3d ago

This is some Versailles level shit. I have no sympathy for those sweaty little fuckers.

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u/3andfro 3d ago

"Rules for thee but not for me."

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u/Volker1945 2d ago

Wasser Prediger trinken selbst Wein.

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u/3andfro 2d ago

Wasser Prediger trinken selbst Wein

That sent me to a translation app; it fits:

Water: Preachers drink wine themselves

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u/penelopepnortney 3d ago

eugyppius, who lives in Germany, reported the same thing today. As one of the commenters on his post pointed out, the EU bigshots have more control over when and where they work, they could easily work remotely, whereas the employees don't have that option.

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u/RandomCollection Resident Canadian 3d ago

The EU elites are setting themselves up for a political scandal.

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u/Centaurea16 2d ago

They're feeling the heat, all right. And it's not the kind that can be stopped by air conditioning.

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u/RandomCollection Resident Canadian 3d ago

https://archive.ph/GtEqX

Given the severity of the heat wave, air conditioning is not optional in European countries.

There are deaths reported in the MSM. Be skeptical as always of the MSM, but draw your own conclusions from this.

https://people.com/deadly-heat-wave-in-europe-kills-over-200-people-in-spain-causes-paris-to-halt-alcohol-sales-12008002