[tz] Finland urges EU to stop daylight savings time

[Edwin Groothuis]

Is the current EU regulation about when DST should start and stop. not
whether or not it actually gets implemented?

Edwin


On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 10:32 AM, World Time Zone <wtz at worldtimezone.com>
wrote:

> Poland and now Finland urge EU to stop daylight saving time.
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> Few days ago, the parliamentary transport and communications committee
> recommended to the government that Finland should actively push the EU to
> abolish its directive on daylight savings time, after considering the
> citizen's initative.
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> "THE European Union is coming under pressure to stop daylight saving time
> after more than 70,000 Finnish citizens have signed a petition against the
> seasonal time shift, arguing it is making them ill."
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> http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/872298/Finland-urges-EU-
> to-stop-daylight-savings-time
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> The committee justified the recommendation by saying that turning the
> clocks causes short-term sleeping disorders, reduced performance at work
> and can also lead to serious health problems. A bill in Poland to do away
> with the time change is also making progress.
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> Many Finnish lawmakers point out that their hands are tied, however, as
> the country is bound to European Union standards as a Member State.
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> A similar bid to do away with the time change has been proposed for
> consideration at the European Parliament and each of Finland's 13 MEPs has
> signed on to support it. The Commission decided to analyse the impact of
> the time change more closely in October "2016"." (edited 2017 ?)
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> https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/turn_your_clocks_back_ton
> ight_as_finland_returns_to_standard_time/9906395
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> Regards,
> Alexander Krivenyshev
> https://www.worldtimezone.com
> New York, NY
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