In Strasbourg on Thursday 8 February, the European Parliament adopted, by 384 votes to 153 with 12 abstentions, a resolution presented by Karima Delli (Greens/EFA, France), on behalf of the committee on transport, calling for a detailed impact assessment of the current system of changing the clocks twice a year and, if necessary, a proposal to revise its rules.
Numerous citizens’ initiatives have shown that public opinion is concerned at the twice-yearly time changes which, regulated by...