France, June 28 -- "We must fully shed light on the looming, devastating human toll in order to determine political accountability," Marine Tondelier, leader of the French Greens, stated on social media platform X on Sunday morning.

"And some will have to face the consequences."

Clemence Guette, an MP for hard-left France Unbowed party, also slammed the handling of the heatwave as "a disaster" in an appearance on France 3 television, denouncing the government's "lack of preparedness."

Since last Wednesday, approximately 1,000 excess deaths have been recorded compared to the norm, according to national health agency Sante publique France.

The agency said areas under red alert for heat had been particularly badly affected, and 85 percen...