Re: What Time Is It? Reply #3225 – 2019-04-19, 10:32:45 Umm… Quoteleaving it up to member states to decide on their time zoneDST needs to DIAF ASAP.
Re: What Time Is It? Reply #3226 – 2019-04-19, 14:33:16 At best it means they will decide whether you can decide. You cannot decide unless they have decided. And after they've decided you'll see they actually decided for you and there's nothing more left to decide. In case of Estonia, this power of decision in the matter of turning the clock was taken away long before we joined the EU. So we know very well how this works in the EU.
Re: What Time Is It? Reply #3245 – 2024-10-26, 10:19:05 Quote from: Frenzie on 2019-04-19, 10:32:45Umm… Quoteleaving it up to member states to decide on their time zoneDST needs to DIAF ASAP.Do you know what time it is? It is clock-turning time!As we discussed earlier in this thread, the EU Parliament adopted a resolution in 2019 to end clock-turning in 2021. As everybody knows, EU Parliament resolutions are advisory only, i.e. the EU Parliament is a democratically (therefore expensively) formed sewing club, not a parliament. The resolution is as good as if it had not happened. It is 2024 now and we are still turning clocks.Quote from: https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/10/25/the-clocks-are-going-back-this-weekend-but-could-this-be-the-last-time-ever-sean-kellyContacted by Euronews, a Commission spokesperson said that the ball [on a 2018 proposal regarding abolishing the clock-turning] was still in the court of the EU's Council, which represents member states and hasn't yet reached a position on the 2018 proposal.The Commission had previously concluded that, "while avoiding fragmentation, member states are best placed to decide on whether they want to keep permanent summer- or wintertime," the spokesperson said.EU Commission concluded that "member states are best placed to decide" *therefore* let's not allow them that! And this (specifically regarding clock-turning) has been going on since 1999, when Estonia's parliament decided to abolish clock-turning. Then within a year or two, already before Estonia joined the EU, the EU commanded Estonia to void this popular decision. Member states need to know their place. A decision about clock-turning is permitted to independent countries, not EU member states.