Time to stop changing clocks? Not so fast, say EU states
- Clocks in the EU will change on Sunday, despite many citizens wanting to end biannual changes, as reported by Pew Research Center.
- In 2018, nearly four million EU citizens supported abolishing the clock changes during an open consultation.
- Irish EU lawmaker Sean Kelly stated that there is substantial evidence showing biannual clock changes are harmful to health and a major inconvenience.
- A senior Lithuanian official mentioned they will prioritize addressing this issue when they take over the EU presidency in 2027.
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Poland pushes to scrap EU clock changes
Backed by the European Commission, Warsaw puts scrapping the time change back on the EU agenda Poland has reignited the EU-wide debate over daylight saving time, with the country’s development minister declaring full support from Brussels to ditch the twice-yearly clock change. Speaking during talks in Strasbourg this week, Minister Krzysztof Paszyk confirmed that European Commissioner for… Source
Time change - the EU countries keep turning at the clock
During the night, the clocks are presented - although a bill has long since been presented at the end of the time change. An EU regulation would have consequences, especially for the people in the whole West or East of Europe. By Jakob Mayr.
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