Europe had at least 30 years to prepare for this (if I’m generous), really it’s more like 50+.

Politics, leaders and society failed.

Like in Austria (where I’m from) they’re not closing schools despite it reaching up to 40°C indoors because they don’t have any law for this case.

Torturing children and teachers instead of finally acknowledging that there’s an ongoing deadly emergency.

Pretending that everything is fine instead of finally acting to protect life.

A true boiling frog experiment.

@thomasfuchs Hungary is terrible in many ways but the summer break and the winter break are just right. Summer break starts before the heat waves and ends right after the heatwaves, winter break lets us enjoy the holidays and the snow to their fullest.