Since 1980, the German turn two Times in a year at their watches. The consent for the time change is reduced. The European Parliament votes now through the end of the transition.
Psychological and physical disorders, sleep problems, sleep disorders: From a medical point of view, the time changeover is apparently such a strong burden on the body that a majority of the Sleep doctor speaks out against a semi-annual exchange.
The General Assembly of Parliament today will vote finally on the question of whether the time change could be abolished in Europe. Then the EU would have to agree-States. The negotiations with the member States, however, can only begin once they have agreed on a common position.
Mini-jet-lag have significant effects
“There is no medical reason for a time change,” says Professor Peter Young, head of sleep medicine at the University hospital of Münster and Chairman of the German society for sleep research and sleep medicine (DGSM). The Mini-jet lag would have a significant impact on the well-being. Even in people without sleep problems, it takes up to three days, until the body had recovered from the time change.
The professional societies in the whole of Europe are agreed that the time change would have to be abolished. The DGSM is against the summer and for the winter time, so the normal time, because: “The social life in Germany has developed in the winter time.” However, there is no scientific study that compares the time for the body would be better, says the Sleep doctor: “it would be well to examine very difficult.”