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And I have a few announcements before we begin.

First of all,

this summer Europe experienced Yet another record breaking series of heat waves.

Across our continent, millions of people struggled to cope.

Hospital workers fought to protect patients enduring unsafe temperatures at work.

Parents tried to shelter children in buildings unsuited to such extremes.

Tragically, many, many thousands of people across our continent lost their lives.

Beyond this terrible human cost, the combined threat of extreme heat and wildfires endangered our communities, damaged our ecosystems and cost our economies billions, and today,

as this House mourns those who lost their lives this summer, We turn to the future with determination,

and on behalf of this Parliament, I want to thank the brave firefighters and all emergency workers.

They crossed borders and risked their lives to help others this summer.

Now it is up to us in this House to work together so that when the next