Et is the longest night of the year: at 3 a.m. the clocks are put back one hour to Central European Time. After the changeover to normal time, also known as winter time, it gets light earlier in the morning and darker in the evening.
The biannual change between summer and winter time is unpopular, but there is no end in sight. Although the EU Commission has made a proposal as to how the changeover could be abolished, the states of the European Union cannot agree. The project has been on hold in Brussels for a long time.
The time change was reintroduced in Germany in 1980 after a break. In the wake of the oil crisis of 1973, there was hope at the time that energy could be saved in this way. Another reason was the adaptation to the neighboring countries, which already had this regulation. According to experts, however, the hope of significantly saving energy was not fulfilled. In addition, many people complain about sleep problems, especially in the first few days after the time change.
