France, July 3 -- After last week's heatwave put 72 mainland French departments on red alert, Green party leader Marine Tondelier announced her party would table a bill introducing up to five days of "climate leave" a year to protect workers from extreme temperatures.

The bill will be sponsored by MP Damien Girard and tabled "in the coming days and weeks", he said.

Spain introduced a similar measure in November 2024 after floods in Valencia killed more than 230 people. Many of the victims were trapped in their cars after travelling to work despite extreme weather warnings.

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