Consultation on summer time: 84 % wants to end clockwise in Europe

The European Commission has today published preliminary results for public consultation on clockwise cutting in Europe.
This online consultation, which took place from 4 July to 16 August 2018, received 4.6 million responses from all 28 Member States and is the highest number of responses received from the Commission's public consultation. According to the preliminary results (see Annex) 84 %, the respondent supports the proposal to end the clockwise cutting twice a year.
Transport Commissioner violet Bulc the preliminary results presented the College of Commissioners, who subsequently discussed possible follow-up measures. Commissioner Bulc said,Millions of Europeans used our public consultation to hear their voices. The message expressed is very clear: 84 % of them wants no further changes to be made. We will now prepare a legislative proposal for the European Parliament and the Council, which will take a decision on this matter. '
The preliminary results also show that more than three quarters (76 %) respondents consider that the change of clock rates twice a year is “very negative” or “negative” experience. In order to justify that the modification of the indicators should be terminated, it is mentioned that it has a negative impact on health, the number of traffic accidents is increasing and electricity is not saved.
President of the European Commission Juncker the question of summer time was included in the political agenda as part of a promise to be big on big issues, and to leave the Member States with the decisions they have to make best. The public consultation on the change of clock indicators was organised by the European Commission and was part of the ongoing evaluation of the change of clock indicators in Europe. It was also organised by the European Parliament adoption of the resolution in February 2018, as well as requests from Member States, stakeholders and citizens.
Follow-up
The final results of the public consultation will be published within a few weeks. The Commission will now prepare a proposal for the European Parliament and the Council to change the current system of transition to another time.
Pre-history
From 4 July to 16 August 2018, the European Commission organised a public consultation which was part of the ongoing evaluation of the change of clock indicators in Europe. Consultations took place in the form of an online survey in which Europeans could express their views on their overall experience of modifying clock indicators or supporting one of the main alternatives (i.e. without any change in the current system or ending it throughout THE EU). Public consultation is one of the Commission's tools for assessing policy while using other elements such as scientific research. Other high-participation consultations include the Law on Birds and Habitats (more than 550 000 replies) and the modernisation of the Common Agricultural Policy (more than 322 000 replies).
In most Member States, the tradition of changing clock figures is ancient and many of them started after the first or second World War or the 70 s oil crisis of the last century. Since 1980, the European Union has gradually adopted rules requiring all Member States to agree to harmonise clockwise and stop the use of different national systems. Since 1996, the clock shows are turned one hour forward on the last Sunday of March and one hour back on the last Sunday of October. THE aim OF EU rules was not to unify the time-shift regime IN THE EU, but to address the various problems, namely the problems of transport and logistics, which resulted from the uncoordinated modification of the clock.
In the European Union, in addition to the transition to summer and winter time, Member States use three different time zones or standard time zones. The decision to be located in the standard time zone is within the competence of the Member States.
ANNEX
All results are provisional and may change
Level of participation in each Member State (as a percentage of the population of the country):