US EditionWhy Europe's changing of the clocks 'no longer makes sense'
EU lawmakers debate ending clock changes due to lack of energy savings and health impacts; nearly 4 million supported abolition in 2018 consultation, officials said.
- With clocks due to change this Sunday, European Union lawmakers debated ending the biannual clock changes on Thursday, with Tzitzikostas saying `the current system affects us all, frustrates most, and even I would say harms people`.
- The European Union first proposed ending the practice years ago, but the plan stalls due to opposition from member states and the need for approval from the European Parliament, despite nearly four million respondents supporting change.
- The European Commission argued research shows moving the clock no longer produces energy savings, and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said `it barely helps save energy and has a negative effect on people's health and lives`.
- On Monday, Spain revived the discussion at EU energy ministers' level with backing from Poland and Finland, and Apostolos Tzitzikostas said he was contacting EU states to press the issue.
- Previous reform plans suggested member states decide on permanent winter or summer time, yet citizens across the 27-nation bloc will turn clocks back this Sunday while Brussels argues the practice `no longer makes sense`.
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"Stupidity", "madness", "harmful" - this is how members of the European Parliament (EP) assessed the clock change. However, this weekend, both in Lithuania and across the EU, the clocks will have to be turned back one hour.
As Europeans prepare to switch to winter time this weekend, the European Commission today defended its position on ending the twice-yearly clock changes, a measure that citizens also supported during a public consultation.
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Why Europe's changing of the clocks 'no longer makes sense'
Citizens across the European Union will be turning their clocks back an hour this Sunday, but Brussels believes the time has come for the 27-nation bloc to stop the practice once and for all.
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