Skip to playerSkip to main content
  • 7 hours ago
Summer solstice heatwave grips much of Europe as France restricts alcohol consumption

Sunday is the summer solstice, meaning the sun is at its strongest and UV levels will be high across the continent.

READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2026/06/21/france-bans-alcohol-at-fete-de-la-musique-as-heatwave-grips-europe

Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages
Transcript
00:01A heat wave continued to grip much of Western Europe on Sunday, with high temperatures expected to persist well into
00:08next week.
00:09In France, authorities have restricted alcohol consumption at the annual Fête de la Musique festival in Paris.
00:16The nationwide summer solstice celebration involves thousands of concerts in village squares, rave venues and clubs.
00:22The French government banned public drinking in red alert zones and ordered organizers of events to limit alcohol consumption to
00:29preserve emergency services.
00:31Temperatures are expected to reach 35 degrees in Paris on Sunday, while parts of southern France and Spain are set
00:38to touch 40 degrees.
00:40Across Europe, locals and tourists have flocked to parks, canals and water fountains to seek relief from the heat,
00:47with temperatures reaching the upper 30s in Spain, Italy, Germany and the UK.
00:51Human-caused climate change is tied to increasing extreme weather events and UN Climate Agency projections say the next five
00:59years should shatter more heat records.
01:02A rapid study found that human-caused climate change was responsible for killing about 1,500 people in an unusually
01:09early European heat wave last month.
01:11A rapid study found that would be the same time-caused climate change was the same.
01:13A rapid study found that human-caused mass of Katara system was responsible for similar weather events to UN Climate
01:13Agency.
01:13A rapid study found that human-caused climate change was something like that,
01:13What about happening is that the century was a child or a child of these issues that not only the
01:14people in the world.
01:14Everything is very rare in the world, which made a child of the young people in the world.
Comments

Recommended