{"id":2619940,"date":"2026-06-27T12:19:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T16:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/global-elitism-at-work-amid-heatwave-european-commission-shuts-off-ac-but-only-for-lower-level-workers\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T12:25:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T16:25:14","slug":"global-elitism-at-work-amid-heatwave-european-commission-shuts-off-ac-but-only-for-lower-level-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/global-elitism-at-work-amid-heatwave-european-commission-shuts-off-ac-but-only-for-lower-level-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Elitism at Work: Amid Heatwave, European Commission Shuts Off AC &#8211; But Only For Lower-Level Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fglobal-elitism-at-work-amid-heatwave-european-commission-shuts-off-ac-but-only-for-lower-level-workers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2619940&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article highlights the paradoxical situation at the European Union\u2019s Brussels headquarters during a heatwave. While the city experienced extreme temperatures, the EU\u2019s headquarters prioritized energy conservation by shutting off air conditioning on floors 1 through 7, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >primarily affecting lower staff levels<\/a>. Meanwhile, upper floors housing officials and commissioners remained fully <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hiker-found-dead-in-calif-death-valley\/\" title=\"Hiker found dead in Calif. Death Valley\">air-conditioned<\/a>, creating a stark contrast reminiscent of feudalism. Staff members expressed frustration, noting that the enforced heat was uncomfortable and even dangerous, especially given Europe&#8217;s ongoing climate issues and reluctance to adopt cooling solutions. The situation drew criticism for exposing the hypocrisy of climate policies that restrict comfort for ordinary people while elites remain insulated. The piece underscores broader concerns about europe\u2019s climate approach, energy dependence, and the dangerous disconnect between policy and reality.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The European Commission is running a literal sweatshop at its Brussels facility \u2014 just not for the Important People\u2122.<\/p>\n<p>In a situation that couldn\u2019t be a more perfect illustration of the contempt global elites have for the rest of us if it had been written as satire, the headquarters of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/white-house-joins-musk-striking-back-european-union-regulation-attack-american-tech-platforms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European Union\u2019s<\/a> executive cabinet was forced to shut down the air conditioning of its Belgian-based headquarters building as the city baked from a Europe-wide heatwave.<\/p>\n<p>However, it only shut down <em>some<\/em> of the building\u2019s climate control. And, lo and behold, it seems not to have been done at random.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/eu-commission-heatwave-hq-forced-shut-down-air-conditioning-europe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a> on Friday:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Staff working at the Berlaymont building received a text at midday, reading: \u201cBERL \u2014 URGENT \u2014 Due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boil-water-notice-goes-out-in-texas-capital-amidst-severe-winter-weather\/\" title=\"Boil Water Notice Goes Out In Texas Capital Amidst Severe Winter Weather\">extreme weather conditions<\/a>, forced shut down of air cooling system from floor 1 to 7 for the rest of the day.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The 13-story building is home to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, her 26 commissioners and about 3,000 staff. Von der Leyen works on the 13th floor, and most of her commissioners\u2019 offices are housed on floors eight or above. \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s like feudalism,\u201d a Commission official working on a lower level of the Berlaymont, granted anonymity to speak freely, told POLITICO on Friday, referring to the fact that upper floors housing commissioners got to keep their AC on. A second official agreed it was a \u201cdisgrace.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>A third staffer working on the 8th floor told POLITICO on Friday that even with working AC, the temperature inside was still 25.7 degrees.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As a side note, screenwriters for the James Bond franchise really missed the boat by not naming a fictional villain named Ursula von der Leyen before a real one popped up.<\/p>\n<p>The shutoff of AC below the eighth floor underscores a wider debate over air conditioning in Europe, which has been frowned upon as a contributor to climate change despite the fact that the lack of it on the continent \u2014 partially because governments there discourage it \u2014 contributes to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.preventionweb.net\/news\/more-half-european-heat-related-deaths-summer-2022-attributed-anthropogenic-warming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tens of thousands<\/a> of deaths from heat-related causes in Europe each year.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, European functionaries seem to be telling the proles the same thing, year after year: Swelter and die so that we won\u2019t raise the temperature any more by some of those nasty <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/president-guyana-levels-interview-host-tries-shame-carbon-emissions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">carbon emissions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This time, it seems, people aren\u2019t listening, with this viral footage from France \u2014 showing people scrambling to get their hands on air conditioners and fans like it was Black Friday \u2014 summing up the general mood among the populace:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WATCH: Fights are breaking out inside stores across France as shoppers scramble to buy fans and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-agency-announces-new-rules-for-air-conditioners-amid-controversy-around-gas-stoves\/\" title=\"Federal Agency Announces New Rules for ... Amid Controversy Around Gas Stoves\">air conditioners amid<\/a> the country\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tesla-owner-locked-out-of-his-car-after-ev-battery-died-amid-texas-heat\/\" title=\"Tesla owner stranded as car locks due to dead battery in scorching Texas heat.\">extreme heat wave<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7HaZ3oro83\">pic.twitter.com\/7HaZ3oro83<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breaking911 (@Breaking911) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Breaking911\/status\/2070276551107575890?\">June 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>But of course, the European Commission headquarters was immune from this kind of thinking, since it was fully air conditioned \u2014 until Friday, that is, when the upper elites made sure the lower elites suffered in a move that sounds like it came out of J.G. Ballard\u2019s \u201cHigh Rise.\u201d Suddenly, you began hearing frustration from the rest of the E.C. bureaucrats and staffers who weren\u2019t living the good life.<\/p>\n<p>A separate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/newsletter\/brussels-playbook\/sg-muscles-up-for-key-files\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a> report detailed the sudden revolt over the European Commission\u2019s \u201clet them eat heat\u201d directive at headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>On the European Commission\u2019s intranet, one employee made the mistake of saying that they \u201clove coming to the office because it\u2019s air-conditioned,\u201d the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t have Airco in the office. Enjoy!\u201d another employee with the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development replied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis AC thing in offices is going to be a game changer,\u201d an employee with the Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space posted. And when one post from the Commission advised to \u201cswitch off heat sources in your office (electrical appliances),\u201d a reply from one official said it all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOK, I\u2019ll shut down my laptop then,\u201d it read.<\/p>\n<p>Good for them. The problem? Most of the rest of the world, even in Europe, doesn\u2019t belong to the laptop warrior class.<\/p>\n<p>Europe\u2019s suicidal decision to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hamstringing-us-oil-drilling-biden-admin-asks-middle-east-cartel-bump-production\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">forgo energy independence<\/a> and common-sense cooling solutions that the rest of the world worked out years ago, in the name of forced climate austerity \u2014 but only for the little people \u2014 isn\u2019t just stupid, it\u2019s dangerous and deadly.<\/p>\n<p>If anyone in the European Commission headquarters should be suffering, it should be the overlords on floors eight and up, not the very people they imposed this upon with their foolhardy nonsense.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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