Lithuania may raise the issue of abolishing daylight saving time during its presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2027, says an adviser to President Gitanas Nausėda.
“It is difficult to say when all countries will agree on the final abolition of daylight saving time, but it is possible to discuss this issue, to raise it again during the Lithuanian presidency of the EU Council in 2027, and maybe the debate will be reignited,” Irena Segalovičienė told the radio Žinių Radijas on Tuesday.
She said that due to a tense geopolitical situation, this issue is not a priority.
The idea of abolishing daylight saving time – when clocks are set forward one hour between the end of March and the end of October – has been debated in the EU since the 2010s.
The European Commission and the European Parliament support the idea of abolishing summer time, but the majority of member states are not yet on board.
Lithuania will traditionally introduce daylight saving time this Sunday. The clocks will be set forward one hour at 03:00.
Lithuania switches to daylight saving time on the last Sunday in March and returns to standard time seven months later, on the last Sunday in October.
Daylight saving time is intended to make better use of daylight hours, but critics say that the time change could be harmful to health.
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