The European Commission will
recommend that member states scrap daylight saving, where clocks
are moved one hour ahead in summer, after a majority of surveyed
EU citizens said it should be abolished, Commission President
Jean Claude Juncker told German public broadcaster ZDF on
Friday.
"We carried out a survey, millions responded and believe that
in future, summer time should be year-round, and that's what
will happen", Juncker said.
He added that the Commission was scheduled to decide on the
matter later on Friday.
"I will recommend to the Commission that, if you ask the
citizens, then you have to do what the citizens say", he also
said.
Juncker said the measure will subsequently need to be
approved by member states and the European parliament.
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