Overview
- Spain will move to winter time at 03:00 on Sunday, 26 October, when clocks go back to 02:00, making the day officially 25 hours.
- Pedro Sánchez announced Spain’s push to abolish the twice‑yearly change starting in 2026 and raised the issue at the EU Energy Council meeting in Luxembourg.
- The file has been blocked in the Council since the European Parliament’s 2019 vote to end the practice, and any change now requires a qualified majority of member states representing 65% of the EU population.
- The European Parliament plans to debate the issue this week, while officials note technical coordination on transport and cross‑border schedules remains a key hurdle.
- Health and sleep experts favor permanent standard (winter) time to reduce circadian disruption, and official estimates put energy savings from clock changes at only about €6 per household a year, despite strong public support for ending the practice.