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> On what basis are Germany dominating the vote? The initial EU online public vote was dominated by German voters. There were 4.6 Million votes, of which 3 Mi
by SyneRyder 8y ago
> On what basis are Germany dominating the vote?
The initial EU online public vote was dominated by German voters. There were 4.6 Million votes, of which 3 Million came from Germany [1]:
"More than 80 percent of respondents to the largest online survey in EU history are in favor of abolishing changing the clocks in summer and winter, EU sources reported Wednesday. Around 4.6 million people took part in the survey, which ran between July 4 and August 16. Three million of the respondents were from Germany.
And from the EU Commission report [2]:
"It should be noted that the largest amount of responses came from Germany (70% of all replies), which has a statistical influence on the average results."
That said, from section 3.2 of the EU Commission report, Cyprus & Greece were the only two countries where citizens voted to keep daylight saving.
[1] https://www.dw.com/en/eu-citizens-feel-times-up-for-changing-clocks/a-45263664 https://www.dw.com/en/eu-citizens-feel-times-up-for-changing...
[2] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:52018SC0406 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:52...
- imarg 8y agoEdit: I think I misunderstood your comment. I thought you meant Greece and Cyprus prefer to keep summer time for ever. Whereas you probably meant that Greece and Cyprus wanted to keep changing the clocks. Anyway I leave my initial comment below. I think you read that wrong. You should look at section 3.5. "The highest share of respondents in favour of “permanent summertime” is in Portugal (79%), Cyprus (73%) and Poland (72%)."