Jobbik urges scrapping of daylight-saving time

Jobbik party has called on parliament to approve the scrapping of the twice-yearly clock change to daylight-saving time (DST).

Speaking at a press conference on Saturday, Jobbik MP Lajos Kepli noted that his party had already submitted a proposal to parliament on scrapping daylight-saving time a year and a half ago, but the debate on it had yet to be wrapped up.

Kepli highlighted the importance of the European Parliament’s adoption of a resolution on ending daylight-saving time this past week, which means that the European Commission will now have to put together a draft legislation on the matter. He said energy conservation from daylight-saving time could no longer be proven.

At the same time, the practice affects people in a variety of negative ways and there is a real desire on the part of society to scrap it, he added.

Kepli said Hungary should be a leader on this issue and parliament should approve Jobbik’s proposal on scrapping DST before the EU passes its own law on it.