There is a suggestion – time change: permanent debate does not end

On March 30, hands will go from two to three hours in Europe. Since 2018, an EU proposal has been on the table to abolish the half-yearly change between winter and summer. Poland currently the EU council chair currently has currently investigating how the other EU countries are presented.

“Since the committee has decided not to withdraw the proposal in its latest work program, we intend to consult the Member States informally to find out whether it is still possible to promote the proposal,” says a statement of the council chairmanship. “We are aware that the proposal has been on the table since 2018 and has so far only been supported by the Member States.”

There is a risk of a European spot carpet
The EU committee’s proposal stipulates that there are no time changes. However, every Member State of the trade union must be left whether it changes throughout the year in the summer or winter. However, there were concerns about this plan from many countries, because, among other things, a uniform time zone seems desirable for the economy, at least in Central Europe. Otherwise intergovernmental time differences can influence trade. Incidentally, Austria is officially preferred a constant summer time as a standard time.

The process of abolition was kicked off by an EU-wide (non-representative) online survey. In this, 84 percent of the participants had spoken for a change of time. Most voted in 2018 for a permanent summer time. 4.6 million answers, three million of them only from Germany, arrived a record, but still less than one percent of EU citizens.

Until now, the entire EU has been shot on the last Sunday in March and back on the last Sunday in October. Summer time was introduced in Europe in 1973 on the occasion of the oil crisis. With the background to save energy. With the time service, an hour of daylight must be won for companies and households. France started at the time.