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DST is in EU law, so all member states should and do have it. However this year there was a petition in Fineland to abolish DST, so Finnish Parliament asked Eu

DST is in EU law, so all member states should and do have it. However this year there was a petition in Fineland to abolish DST, so Finnish Parliament asked European Parliament to drop it. European Parliament said sure and asked executive branch (Commission) to draft a law, since they can't do it themselves. Commission would draft a law, Parliament would vote on it, then Council (representatives from executive branch of Member States) would vote on it and after that Member States could drop DST if they want by whatever process they have.

icebraining 9y ago
Is the proposal to make it optional? I was in favor, now I'm not sure sure; that sounds worse than keeping everyone on it.
- tom_mellior 9y ago
  > Is the proposal to make it optional? No. What gave you that idea? For reference, here is the text that was adopted today: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+TA+P8-TA-2018-0043+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN&language=EN http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//... For the moment, you need to click on the PDF icon on the page to get the PDF version of the text, the HTML is not there yet at the moment of writing. Apart from the looong recitals, the core of the text adopted today is simply the following: The European Parliament [...] 1. Calls on the Commission to conduct a thorough assessment of Directive 2000/84/EC and, if necessary, come up with a proposal for its revision; 2. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, the Council, and the governments and parliaments of the Member States. Edit: Oh, but one of the recitals does state that "it is crucial to maintain a unified EU time regime even after the end of biannual time changes", so I think your worry is for now unfounded.
  - icebraining 9y ago
    What gave me the idea was parent's post ("Member States could drop DST if they want"). Thanks for the reference, that's reassuring!

icebraining 9y ago

Is the proposal to make it optional? I was in favor, now I'm not sure sure; that sounds worse than keeping everyone on it.

tom_mellior 9y ago
> Is the proposal to make it optional? No. What gave you that idea? For reference, here is the text that was adopted today: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+TA+P8-TA-2018-0043+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN&language=EN http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//... For the moment, you need to click on the PDF icon on the page to get the PDF version of the text, the HTML is not there yet at the moment of writing. Apart from the looong recitals, the core of the text adopted today is simply the following: The European Parliament [...] 1. Calls on the Commission to conduct a thorough assessment of Directive 2000/84/EC and, if necessary, come up with a proposal for its revision; 2. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, the Council, and the governments and parliaments of the Member States. Edit: Oh, but one of the recitals does state that "it is crucial to maintain a unified EU time regime even after the end of biannual time changes", so I think your worry is for now unfounded.
- icebraining 9y ago
  What gave me the idea was parent's post ("Member States could drop DST if they want"). Thanks for the reference, that's reassuring!