Will this be the last time change? Sánchez proposes eliminating it next year

It’s winter now. Spain will change the time again this weekend. The clocks will move back one hour, allowing us to sleep a little longer, but also causing nightfall much earlier. Thus, in the early hours of Saturday, October 25th, into Sunday, October 26th , winter time will begin, and therefore, at 3:00 a.m. it will be 2:00 a.m.

The time change has an immediate influence on daylight. The sun rises between 8:00 and 8:30 a.m. and sets between 5:30 and 6:00 p.m. during daylight saving time. If daylight saving time were still in effect, the sun would rise later, between 9:00 and 9:30 a.m., and set later, between 6:30 and 7:00 p.m.

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This will be the second and last time change of the year, after the clocks were shifted forward one hour in March to begin daylight saving time. But will this be the last time Spain changes its clocks?

Pedro Sánchez will ask the EU to stop changing the time in 2026

At the European Council meeting on Monday, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will suggest ending the seasonal time change. He will say that it “no longer makes sense,” that it scarcely helps conserve energy, and that it even has “a negative impact” on people’s health and lives.

The leader of the Executive released a video on the social network X in which he said that this week we will transition from summer time to winter time. He also said that he doesn’t see the need in putting the clocks forward or backward.

“In every survey we’ve done, Spaniards and Europeans are strongly against changing the time. He went on to say, “Science also tells us that it no longer saves energy and that it disrupts biological rhythms twice a year.”

Sánchez said that this Monday the Spanish government will ask the European Council to uphold a vote by the European Parliament from six years ago that called for the end of daylight saving time by 2026. He also said that the Energy Council should start the review process.

“What is useful politics?” The president ended his statement with, “Well, politics that listens to citizens, including science, and guides them through legislation.”

This Saturday, Spaniards will turn their clocks back one hour to winter time. Keep in mind that it will be 2:00 a.m. at 3:00 a.m.

Author: Derek Appleton