(Translated to English)
Time zone proposal sent to committee with great support
All parties support Naleraq's and Siumut's proposal to change the time zone with effect from October next year. The proposal has been sent to the relevant committee for further consideration before it is secondly considered in Inatsisartut.
The time zone is often debated in Inatsisartut. All parties support the proposal that Greenland should return to the original time zone of UTC-3. The proposal is now forwarded to a committee for further consideration.
Proposals to change the time zone and abolish daylight saving time, submitted by Naleraq and Siumut in their respective forms, have been sent to the relevant committee for further consideration before the proposal is considered a second time in Inatsisartut on November 6.
Yesterday's debate in Inatsisartut showed that all parties support the proposal that Greenland's time zone should be changed back to UTC-3 and that daylight saving time should be abolished.
The time zone transitioned to UTC-2 in October 2023. However, the change has met with criticism due to darker mornings and brighter afternoons, especially during the winter periods.
The Chairman of Naalakkersuisoq Jens-Frederik Nielsen (D), had emphasized in his response note that there was otherwise agreement in Inatsisartut regarding the change of time zone in 2023, but notes that the mood has changed since:
- Inatsisartut determined the time zone by consensus, but despite our agreement at the time, there are now divided opinions about determining the time zone, which is also reflected in the two proposals presented. There are both citizens and business actors who describe different needs and preferences, said Jens-Frederik Nielsen.
However, the Government of Greenland would rather wait for the EU to abolish daylight saving time:
- In this connection, it should be emphasized that the current Greenland Government, like the previous Greenland Government, is in favor of abolishing summer time in Greenland at the same time as this happens in the EU. In 2019, the EU Parliament backed a proposal from the Commission to abolish summer time with a more than 2/3 majority. The implementation of the decision is taking time, as EU countries have different wishes for this legislation. It is therefore unknown when the abolition will be implemented in Europe.
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Tidszone-forslag sendes til udvalgsarbejde med stor opbakning
Samtlige partier bakker op om Naleraqs og Siumuts forlag til ændring af tidszone med ikrafttrædelse i oktober næste ar. Forslaget er sendt til relevant udvalg til videre behandling for den andenbehandles i Inatsisartut.
Samtlige partier tilslutter sig forslaget om, at Gronland skal vende tilbage til den oprindelige tidszone pa UTC-3. Nu er forslaget videre til udvalg til videre behandling.
Forslag om ændring af tidszone og afskaffelse af sommertid, indsendt af Naleraq og Siumut i hver deres form, er sendt til relevant udvalg til videre behandling for forslaget behandles anden gang i Inatsisartut den 6. november.
Garsdagens debat i Inatsisartut viste, at samtlige partier tilslutter sig forslaget om, at Gronlands tidszone skal ændres tilbage til UTC-3, og at sommertid skal afskaffes.
Tidszonen overgik til UTC-2 i oktober 2023. ændringen har dog modt kritik pa grund af morkere morgener og lysere eftermiddage især i vinterperioderne.
Formanden for Naalakkersuisoq Jens-Frederik Nielsen (D), havde i sit svarnotat understreget, at der ellers var enighed i Inatsisartut omkring ændring af tidszone i 2023 men bemærker, at stemningen er ændret siden:
- Inatsisartut fastsatte tidszonen i enighed, men trods vores enighed dengang er der nu delte meninger om fastsættelsen af tidszonen, hvilket ogsa tilkendegives i de to fremlagte forslag. Der er bade borgere og erhvervsaktorer, der beskriver forskellige behov og præferencer, sagde Jens-Frederik Nielsen.
Naalakkersuisut sa dog hellere, at der afventes pa EU's afskaffelse af sommertid:
- I den forbindelse skal det understreges, at nuværende Naalakkersuisut i lighed med det forrige Naalakkersuisut gar ind for, at sommertiden afskaffes i Gronland pa samme tid, som dette sker i EU. EU-parlamentet har i 2019 med mere end 2/3 flertal bakket op om et forslag fra Kommissionen om at afskaffe sommertiden. Realiseringen af beslutningen trækker ud, da EU-landene har forskellige onsker til denne lovgivning. Det er derfor uvist, hvornar afskaffelsen bliver effektueret i Europa.
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