Petitions for moving back toward the time zone

This page presents the initiatives and petitions led or supported by ACHED to end clock changes, abandon summer time (UTC+2) and move back toward France’s natural time zone.

Sign via the National Assembly Sign on Change.org

🔒 The National Assembly petition requires identification (FranceConnect).

For decades, our association has warned about the effects of clock changes and time advancement on health, sleep, social life, energy and climate. This page presents, in particular, the initiatives launched by ACHED and aims to guide the public toward the available ways of showing support.

Why support these initiatives?

There is a consensus in favor of ending clock changes, but the choice of which time to keep remains blocked. Clarifying this debate is essential in order to avoid decisions that would be harmful to health, sleep and climate.

Clock changes continue to face strong opposition, and a consensus seems gradually to have emerged in favor of ending them. However, this consensus remains blocked by the absence of agreement on which time should be kept. The prospect of keeping summer time all year round, which is regularly mentioned, maintains this uncertainty. According to the association, such an option, which would amount to maintaining a substantial time advance relative to the natural geographical time zone, would be unfavorable to health, sleep, as well as to certain energy and climate balances. Supporting initiatives consistent with a return to the natural time zone helps to clarify the debate, facilitate coherent decisions and their implementation, and encourage an approach that is more readable, shared and unifying for all citizens.

Petitions and initiatives

ACHED petition before the French National Assembly

An initiative led by the association before the French National Assembly. Participation requires identification as a French citizen (via FranceConnect). Its aim is to call for a reassessment of legal time, a return to the natural geographical time zone, and an end to clock changes.

🔒 Identification required (FranceConnect)

Citizen petition on Change.org

A petition open to the public on the Change.org platform, aimed at supporting the call for a reassessment of legal time, a return to the natural geographical time zone, and an end to clock changes.

How to take action

Sign the available petitions or initiatives.
Share this page and the association’s positions.
Write to elected representatives, media outlets or the institutions concerned.
Consult the analyses and references to support your interventions.