Fabian Picardo, Stephen Doughty, Maros Sefcovic, José Manuel Albares - Photo © European Union 2026

The European Union and the United Kingdom have signed the EU-UK Agreement in respect of Gibraltar, removing all physical barriers, checks and controls on people and goods circulating between Spain and Gibraltar.

Temperature controls - Photo by HUUM on Unsplash

With days growing hotter, air conditioning is playing an ever-growing role in how people cope with the heat. In EU households, energy consumption for cooling has steadily increased, reaching 80.4 thousand terajoules (TJ) in 2024.