Mérida, 29 March. (Europa Press) –
The summer timetable will commence in the early hours of this Saturday, 29 March through to Sunday 30, when at 02:00 hours it will become 03:00. According to current regulations, this summer timetable will be in effect until 26 October.
The European Union (EU) establishes a common date and time for all Member States to begin and end the summer timetable. The latest communication from the European Commission on this matter dates back to 2021. It specified when the changes must take place until 2026: during the last weekends of March and October at 02:00 Spanish time.
However, this does not imply that time will cease to exist from 2026 onwards. The EU Council, which represents the governments of the member nations, has yet to reach a conclusive decision regarding this issue, even though the European Parliament has already backed the European Commission’s proposal in 2019 to allow each state to choose in a public consultation whether to maintain its current schedule or adopt a permanent one without biannual adjustments. For this measure to be enacted, both Parliament and the Council must come to an agreement.
The first time change in Spain took place in 1918, although no alterations occurred between 1920 and 1925 or between 1930 and 1936. Franco’s regime reintroduced this measure in 1940, aligning Spain’s timetable with that of Nazi Germany and central European nations. The summer timetable was revived in Spain and across Europe in the 1970s due to the oil crisis, and it will remain in effect until advancements are made at a European level.
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