EU Parliament Votes to Stop Clock Changes
- European assembly seeks to end decades-old practice in 2021
- Countries told to pick permanent summertime or wintertime
Photographer: Ty Wright/Bloomberg
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The European Parliament advanced a plan to end the seasonal clock change in Europe, shifting the spotlight onto national governments as they wrestle with the initiative.
The European Union assembly voted on Tuesday to scrap as of 2021 the decades-old practice of capitalizing on natural daylight by putting clocks forward by 60 minutes between late March and late October.