Green Party leader Katharina Dröge criticizes Chancellor Friedrich Merz for ignoring the deadly heatwave that claimed lives over the weekend.

Dröge stated that the extreme heat resulted in numerous fatalities and attributed the situation’s management to the efforts of healthcare and rescue workers, while condemning Merz’s lack of response.

She called for immediate action to protect vulnerable populations from future heatwaves, proposing a cooling program for hospitals and schools, and emphasizing the need for more trees in urban areas to combat rising temperatures.