In Belgium alone, more than 1,200 excess deaths linked to high heat were recorded during the June 2026 heatwave.
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In Belgium alone, more than 1,200 excess deaths linked to high heat were recorded during the June 2026 heatwave.
More than 10 million workers in the EU are affected by the coordination of social security systems regulation.
Poverty affects one in five Europeans, a rate of 20%.
Currently, one in five Europeans is threatened by poverty or social exclusion, and more than one worker in ten is poor.
One in five Europeans lives in poverty or at risk of poverty.
For children, the at-risk-of-poverty rate worsens to one in four.