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“If the objective is to optimize the number of light hours, then the best solution is to change the time. In this way the number of hours is maximized, because in summer, when the days are long, you can enjoy longer and brighter afternoons, and when you turn the clock in winter, the mornings are not very dark.
The second best option would be daylight saving time, although the east would be dark in winter, but it would only be dark for less than 4 months, assuming average people get up from 7pm in the morning and are active until 11pm. : 00. In the afternoon (…). And winter would be the worst: although the winters would be brighter in the winter, every afternoon would be darker, in the winter, in the spring and in the summer ”, said the economist Eltai.
Ž. Maurice also emphasized that the time change is a political issue.
“Polls show that the majority of people would support daylight saving time, but the challenge is that the time change is a political issue. Because daylight saving time would be the same as that of the eastern neighbors and, of course, politically we don’t want that. Since the Finns would definitely introduce winter time, Estonia is likely to do the same, so we would also have winter time. “If we don’t want to have winter time, the best solution for us would be to change the schedule, “he assured.
According to the economist, after the introduction of winter time in Lithuania, it is worth thinking about changing the working hours of public institutions.
“(With the introduction of winter time – ELTA), practically all of Europe would be in one time zone. (…) In fact, that time could be winter, but then the time of most public institutions should be changed, go ahead. Because the time in Lithuania can be the time of all Europe, “he told Eltai.
Ž. Mauricas argued that the introduction of winter time could damage the leisure services sector and shorten people’s free time.
“In economic terms, winter time would definitely not like the leisure services sector, restaurants, because daylight hours would be shortened and consequently people could spend less time in entertainment venues, because it would get dark very quickly Another thing, of course, is health, because when people come home from work, they still want to run somewhere and exercise. They are likely to spend less time on it. I think there are many benefits (daylight saving time and daylight saving time – ELTA), and the only thing about winters is that there are bright mornings in winter for a few months, ”he said.
In the summer of 2018, the EC conducted an online survey across the EU. 4.6 million people participated in the survey, 84 percent of them. supported the possibility of eliminating the time shift twice a year.
The European Parliament (EP) voted on March 26 last year to end seasonal change in the European Union in 2021.
MEPs propose that the last time the EU decides to turn the clock in 2021 is in summer. the last Sunday of March. Countries that wish to maintain winter time will do so in 2021. on the last Sunday in October.
According to MEPs, EU countries should coordinate their decisions on the timing, and the European Commission should evaluate them so as not to endanger the single market. If necessary, the Commission could propose to postpone the entry into force of the directive for up to one year.
410 MEPs voted in favor, 192 against and 51 abstentions.
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