European MPs vote to end summer time clock changes
The European Parliament has backed a proposal to stop the obligatory one-hour clock change which extends daylight hours in summer EU-wide.Ministers will also have a say on this.
But MEPs and the Commission stress that states must co-ordinate their choices, to minimise the risk of economic disruption from a patchwork of different time systems.Daylight saving time - so-called summer time - has been compulsory in the EU since 2001, aimed at making the EU internal market work more smoothly and reducing energy costs.
The consultation and scientific studies suggested that the clock changes were having negative effects on people's health.
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