Western Europe is experiencing more than 4,000 excess deaths after a prolonged late-June heatwave that pushed many areas above 40°C and strained health systems.Santé publique France reports 2,025 additional deaths in France during the peak week, with the Paris region up 62 percent and deaths at home up 91 percent, while Belgium, Spain and the Netherlands report large rises.France’s opposition has filed a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister
Sébastien Lecornu,
Stéphanie Rist rejects Ecologists’ higher estimates, and officials including
Nicolas Revel and
Frank Vandenbroucke call for stronger preparedness.