Half-baked or not, the point is that everyone gets a say

logifail · on Sept 17, 2018

...then it goes to trilogue[1] for some horse-trading behind closed doors, after which the Council can do whatever it likes[2]?

[1] http://www.europarl.europa.eu/ordinary-legislative-procedure...

[2] http://www.europarl.europa.eu/about-parliament/en/powers-and...

briandear · on Sept 17, 2018

Why don’t the countries just decide for themselves. Why should the EU matter on this?

jhasse · on Sept 17, 2018

Because some times, when there's a way A and a way B, it's better if all are doing B, rather than some A and some B, even if A is better than B.

oliv__ · on Sept 17, 2018

Better for whom?

oblio · on Sept 17, 2018

Because EU members, when they joined, signed away some rights for the privilege of being part of the EU, since you know, EU membership comes with a ton of benefits.

Some of these rights that have been delegated to the EU are economical, and time zone management probably falls in the EU jurisdiction.

And, as the other poster mentioned, standardization is good.