Overview
- The European Parliament voted in 2018 to end the biannual clock change, but implementation slated for 2021 has not happened.
- EU governments have not adopted a common position, and the file is not on the current Danish Council presidency agenda.
- Member states remain split on outcomes, with northern countries leaning toward permanent winter time and southern states preferring summer time.
- Alternative ideas such as a half-hour compromise and potential time-zone re-mapping are being discussed without a decision.
- Germany and most EU countries will set clocks back one hour on October 26, 2025, with winter time running until March 29, 2026.