Monga mukudziwira, chaka chinonso tidzasunthira wotchi patsogolo ola limodzi m’maŵa wa March 31. Chotero, nthaŵi ya chirimwe idzapitirira kufikira m’maŵa wa October 27, pamene tidzaibweza m’mbuyo ola limodzi.
Pambuyo pa zokambirana zoyambirira zaka zitatu pambuyo pake, mu 2018, bungwe la European Commission linanena kuti kusintha kwa nthawi kuthetsedwe, ndipo mayiko omwe ali mamembala azikhala ndi ufulu wosankha nthawi yomwe ikugwirizana ndi madera awo. Mpaka pano, chigamulo chomaliza pa nkhaniyi sichinapangidwe ndipo lingaliro ili latsekedwa kuti likambirane mu Council of the European Union, chifukwa palibe mgwirizano womwe ungafikire pa nthawi yomwe iyenera kuyambitsidwa - chilimwe kapena chisanu. Palibe chiyembekezo cha chigamulo chaposachedwa pankhaniyi.
Pambuyo polimbikitsa nthawi yachilimwe ndi Purezidenti wa European Commission a Jean-Claude Juncker, mu 2018 Nyumba Yamalamulo yaku Europe idachita kafukufuku yemwe adawonetsa kuti ambiri aku Europe adathandizira kuthetsedwa kwa nthawi yachilimwe.
Ndipotu, anthu a ku Ulaya a 4.6 okha ndi omwe adachita nawo kafukufuku wa pa intaneti - mamiliyoni atatu mwa iwo aku Germany, omwe ankalamulira msasa wochotsa anthu. Mwachitsanzo, ku Britain, anthu 13,000 okha ndi amene anavutikira kuvota.
Pazonse, pafupifupi 80% ya omwe adachita nawo kafukufuku adafuna kuthetsa nthawi yozizira. Zotsatira zikuwonetsanso kugawanika kwakukulu kwa zaka, ndi anthu ku Ulaya oposa 50 otsutsana ndi kusintha kwa mawotchi ndi anthu ochepera zaka 24 mwina mokomera nthawi yopulumutsa masana kapena osakhudzidwa.
