{"id":1013,"date":"2018-02-27T13:07:46","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T12:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/?post_type=article&#038;p=1013"},"modified":"2018-02-27T13:08:09","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T12:08:09","slug":"il-parlament-isejjah-ghal-studju-rigoruz-dwar-il-bidla-fil-hin-kull-sentejn","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/article\/il-parlament-isejjah-ghal-studju-rigoruz-dwar-il-bidla-fil-hin-kull-sentejn\/","title":{"rendered":"Parliament calls for thorough assessment of bi-annual time change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1014\" src=\"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/shutterstock_465220748-min-1-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5420\" height=\"3008\" srcset=\"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/shutterstock_465220748-min-1-min.jpg 5420w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/shutterstock_465220748-min-1-min-300x166.jpg 300w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/shutterstock_465220748-min-1-min-768x426.jpg 768w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/shutterstock_465220748-min-1-min-1024x568.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5420px) 100vw, 5420px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Citizens\u2019 initiatives have shown that the public is concerned about the bi-annual clock change marking the beginning and end of summertime, which currently takes place the last weekend in March and October. Numerous studies have failed to reach a conclusive outcome, but indicate negative effects on human health, MEPs say.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>They call on the Commission to conduct a thorough assessment of the\u202f<a href=\"http:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/EN\/TXT\/?uri=CELEX%3A32000L0084\">summer-time arrangements directive\u00a0<\/a>and, if necessary, to table a proposal to revise it.<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The resolution was adopted with 384 votes in favour, 153 against, 12 abstentions.<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The current summer-time arrangements directive, which entered into force in 2001, provides a harmonised date and time for the beginning and end of the summer-time period across the EU, with the aim of helping the internal market to function effectively.<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Citizens\u2019 initiatives have shown that the public is concerned about the bi-annual clock change marking the beginning and end of summertime, which currently takes place the last weekend in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1014,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"spay_email":""},"issuem_issue":[46],"issuem_issue_categories":[8],"issuem_issue_tags":[],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"2.8.8","language":"en","enabled_languages":["mt","en"],"languages":{"mt":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/1013"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1013"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/1013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1016,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/1013\/revisions\/1016"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue?post=1013"},{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue_categories?post=1013"},{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue_tags?post=1013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}