20 October, 2025, Spain - "The Government will propose ending daylight saving time in the European Union by 2026", by Carmen Cruz Martin, Spanish Radio and Television Corporation
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He argues that it is an "obsolete practice" that "no longer provides energy savings."
Furthermore, he asserts that the time change disrupts biological rhythms twice a year.
The Government has announced that Spain will propose to the European Union (EU) to "definitively eliminate" the seasonal time change in 2026 , a change that will take place in the early hours of next Saturday to Sunday , arguing that it is an "obsolete practice", that "it no longer provides energy savings" and that "it causes discomfort and negative effects on health".
In a video posted on social media, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez argued that "changing the clocks twice a year no longer makes sense ," and that Spain will propose ending this practice at the Energy Council.
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A proposal that was approved six years ago
The Prime Minister recalled that six years ago the EU voted to eliminate the seasonal time change that takes place simultaneously in all member states twice a year.
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31 October, 2025, Europe - "Daylight saving time: a Spanish controversy", by Will Barker, The Week UK
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Spain's prime minister has called on the EU to remove biannual clock changes in Europe
In the week the clocks went back an hour across Europe, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez reignited the debate over daylight saving time (DST) and raised his concerns with the EU.
"Changing the time twice a year no longer makes sense," said Sanchez in a post on X. The change has a "negative impact" on Europeans' health and lives, and a "review mechanism"
should be introduced to assess the existing measures.
Sanchez believes the concept is "outdated, inefficient and unhealthy", said The Times. He questions its energy-saving capacity and argues the changes disrupt biological and sleep rhythms.
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