During the night on Sunday, the Central European Summer Time (CEST) will be changed. At 2:00 a.m., all radio-controlled clocks should jump to 3:00 a.m., the others have to be turned by hand. The return to standard time (CET) takes place on the last weekend in October.
How much longer do we have to change the clocks?
It is still unclear how the – in and of itself decided – abolition of the time change in the EU will continue. The ball is still in the hands of the EU Council of Ministers, and the transport ministers are responsible.
Since the abolition of the annual time change is still on hold in Brussels, the summer time change was extended in February by the Austrian government’s Council of Ministers as a formal act until 2026.
The European Parliament voted to abolish it
In March 2019, the European Parliament voted with a large majority to abolish summer time by 2021 – or a year later if there were difficulties for the internal market. However, the majority of member states still have to agree to this before this can become a reality.
