Daylight saving time (MESZ) began on Sunday night. In Austria, too, the clocks were put forward punctually at 2 a.m. to 3 a.m., and the night was 60 minutes shorter. The changeover to standard time (CET) takes place on the last weekend in October. It is still unclear how the – in and of itself decided – abolition of the time change in the EU will continue. The ball is still in the hands of the EU Council of Ministers, and the transport ministers are responsible.
Since the abolition of the annual time change is still on hold in Brussels, the summer time change was extended in February by the Austrian government’s Council of Ministers as a formal act until 2026. In March 2019, the European Parliament voted with a large majority to abolish summer time by 2021 – or a year later if there were difficulties for the internal market. However, the majority of member states still have to agree to this before this can become a reality.
