“This week we move the clock back again,” he said in a video posted on social media.
“Honestly, I don’t see the point anymore. In every poll, the majority of Spaniards and Europeans oppose the time change.”
He stated that “the science says that it does not contribute to saving energy”.
“But what science says is that it disrupts our biological rhythm twice a year,” he pointed out.
The aim of the move is to “revive” the debate in the European Parliament from 2018 on the abolition of summer time in the entire bloc.
“Today, Spain will call on the European Council to respect that vote and finally stop moving the time, in 2026,” Sanchez said, referring to a proposal to be presented at a meeting of the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council in Luxembourg later on Monday.
Sanchez presented the initiative as part of effective democratic governance.
“What is a useful policy? Listening to citizens, but also to science, and bringing it into legislation,” he said.
Cambiar la hora dos veces al año ya no tiene sentido.
Apenas ayuda a ahorrar energía y tiene un impacto negativo en la salud y en la vida de la gente.
Por eso, hoy el Gobierno de España propondrá a la UE acabar con el cambio de hora estacional en el Consejo de Energía y… pic.twitter.com/LA9UM0HVfG
— Pedro Sánchez (@sanchezcastejon) October 20, 2025
What Sanchez did not clarify, however, was which time zone Spain would permanently adopt if the clocks were to be moved.
Spain’s time zone is already a curiosity: although it lies west of the prime meridian – aligned with Great Britain and Portugal – Spain follows Central European Time, a legacy of World War II when dictator Francisco Franco aligned time with Nazi Germany.
As a result, Spain generally has long, bright evenings and short, dark mornings. Currently, sunrise in A Coruña, in northwest Spain, is 8.55am, meaning many workers and students start their workday in complete darkness.
(Vijesti.ba)
