EU to scrap clock change in 2021
The European Union will scrap the twice-yearly clock change in the EU after a committee at the European Parliament on Monday agreed to the scrapping but
with a two-year delay to 2021.
In 2018, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker kicked
off the debate with his proposal to halt the decades-old practice of
daylight savings time in 2019, garnering support from about 3.8 million
Europeans.
About 4.6 million EU citizens – out of 510 million – took part in the Commission’s online survey. Of those, 84 percent were against putting clocks forward in spring and back in autumn every year.
A majority of lawmakers on the European Parliament’s transport and tourism committee backed the Commission’s proposal.
The plenary will now have to approve the proposal after which lawmakers will have to thrash out a common position with EU countries.
Currently, EU countries switch to summer time on the last Sunday of March and back to standard time on the last Sunday of October.
Reuters
About 4.6 million EU citizens – out of 510 million – took part in the Commission’s online survey. Of those, 84 percent were against putting clocks forward in spring and back in autumn every year.
A majority of lawmakers on the European Parliament’s transport and tourism committee backed the Commission’s proposal.
The plenary will now have to approve the proposal after which lawmakers will have to thrash out a common position with EU countries.
Currently, EU countries switch to summer time on the last Sunday of March and back to standard time on the last Sunday of October.
Reuters
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