[pmontra]

From the Who We Are page of the site

> The Time Use Initiative (TUI) is the main non-profit organisation promoting the right to time all over the world. Its main objective is to encourage public discussion on how we collectively organise our time, seen as a way to improve citizen’s well-being through innovative time policies.

So this is not a proposal from an EU department, but it's a proposal to the EU. For sure they "encourage public discussion" as the comments here on HN demonstrate.

[theodric]

It is, however, endorsed by some EU department and a bunch of other entities (see bottom)

[morsch]

The only organisation related to the EU is the European Economic and Social Committee, which is[1]: a consultative body of the European Union (EU) established in 1958. It is an advisory assembly composed of "social partners", namely: employers (employers' organisations), employees (trade unions) and representatives of various other interests. ...ok? This does not strike me as a particularly important institution.

Some -- not all -- of the other cosigning entities are ridiculous. One of them (Normalzeit Leben) is literally the title of one person's blog where they talk about their struggles with DST.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Economic_and_Social_C...

[slartibardfast0]

also, was it some formal declaration by this body, or just someone with an email address from the organization?

doubtless, the irish representatives wouldn't support any divergence between Dublin and Belfast, (especially considering this is wrong from a spatial perspective as population density is heavily skewed to the east of the island).

edit: i was curious enough to email all of the irish delegates to this organisation. some fairly heavy hitters, as a citizen with a keen interest in Dublin & Belfast being in the same timezone will be interesting to hear back!