TL;DR: Then COVID-19 hit and the pandemic overshadowed the discussion.
Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL discontinuing seasonal changes of time and repealing Directive 2000/84/EC
The European Parliament has voted to discontinue daylight saving time. However, before the proposal becomes a law, European Union member states will need to hammer out the details.
Under the proposal, by 2020 each EU member state would need to choose either "summertime" (daylight saving time) or "wintertime" (standard time). The change would go into effect in 2021.
The last time the matter was discussed at the EU Council was in December 2019. Countries then called on the European Commission to produce an “impact assessment” of the proposal before being able to decide. Then Covid-19 hit and the pandemic overshadowed the discussion.
The merits and drawbacks of Daylight Saving Time (DST) – the biannual practice of adjusting clocks forwards and backwards – have long been debated. In this column, I explore compelling reasons to abolish DST, focusing on the health impacts, societal costs, and the outdated rationale behind its implementation.
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