European Parliament members voted 384 to 153 in a non-binding
resolution on Thursday to urge the European Commission to carry out a
"thorough assessment" of the daylight saving time (DST) arrangements for
summer time and, if necessary "come up with a proposal for its
revision."
"Numerous studies have failed to reach a conclusive outcome, but indicate negative effects on human health," the members of European Parliament wrote in their proposal.
For decades, Europeans have gone through a twice-yearly ritual of changing their clocks to make the most of natural daylight. Current EU law came into force in 2001 and set a bloc-wide date and time for the start and end of summer.
In late March each year clocks go forward by 60 minutes and in late October they are put back again.
Ireland's MEP Sean Kelly has been working to stop moving the time at the committee level in the European Parliament.
"We think that there's no need to change the clocks," he said. "It came in during World War One, it was supposed to be for energy savings — the indications are that there are very few energy savings, if any — and there are an awful lot of disadvantages to both human beings and animals that make it outdated at this point. We're working to try and end it."
Read more: European Parliament votes for review of daylight saving time | News | DW | 08.02.2018
"Numerous studies have failed to reach a conclusive outcome, but indicate negative effects on human health," the members of European Parliament wrote in their proposal.
For decades, Europeans have gone through a twice-yearly ritual of changing their clocks to make the most of natural daylight. Current EU law came into force in 2001 and set a bloc-wide date and time for the start and end of summer.
In late March each year clocks go forward by 60 minutes and in late October they are put back again.
Ireland's MEP Sean Kelly has been working to stop moving the time at the committee level in the European Parliament.
"We think that there's no need to change the clocks," he said. "It came in during World War One, it was supposed to be for energy savings — the indications are that there are very few energy savings, if any — and there are an awful lot of disadvantages to both human beings and animals that make it outdated at this point. We're working to try and end it."
Read more: European Parliament votes for review of daylight saving time | News | DW | 08.02.2018
