The European Parliament has voted to stop moving clocks forward an hour in spring and back again in the autumn.<\/p>\n
Politicians passed the measure by 410 votes to 192 – meaning seasonal time shifts, which were introduced during World War One to save energy, will end in 2021.<\/p>\n
A final law will be produced after discussions with member nations, but the UK government has indicated it will stick to the current system after Brexit.<\/p>\n
Supporters of scrapping daylight saving time point to scientific studies that have linked the twice-yearly changes to illness because of how they interrupt biological cycles.<\/p>\n
During a debate on Monday, Marita Ulvskog MEP told the European Parliament: “New technology and different ways of living mean that we no longer earn anything (from time change), in fact we don’t save.”<\/p>\n
An EU-wide survey that generated 4.6 million responses found that 84% were in favour of ending the bi-annual changes – but critics say the study was dominated by Germany, which accounted for 70% of responses.<\/p>\n
Under an EU directive, all 28 states currently switch to summer time on the last Sunday of March and back to winter time on the last Sunday of October.<\/p>\n
–<\/p>\n
Skynews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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