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| Spain’s government will consider reversing a decision by dictator Francisco Franco and move the country’s clocks back one hour, the labour minister said on Monday. | Spain’s government will consider reversing a decision by dictator Francisco Franco and move the country’s clocks back one hour, the labour minister said on Monday. |
| Spain was originally in the Greenwich Mean Time zone – along with Britain and Portugal, with which it is geographically in line – but Franco shifted Spain’s clocks one hour ahead to be in line with Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany. | Spain was originally in the Greenwich Mean Time zone – along with Britain and Portugal, with which it is geographically in line – but Franco shifted Spain’s clocks one hour ahead to be in line with Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany. |
| Labour minister Fátima Báñez told parliament she wanted to bring Spain’s working days in line with the rest of Europe. | Labour minister Fátima Báñez told parliament she wanted to bring Spain’s working days in line with the rest of Europe. |
| “We want our workdays to finish at six o’clock and to achieve this we will work towards striking a deal with representatives from both companies and trade unions,” she said. | “We want our workdays to finish at six o’clock and to achieve this we will work towards striking a deal with representatives from both companies and trade unions,” she said. |
| Supporters of moving the clock back one hour say it would improve Spain’s weak productivity and allow for a better work/life balance. Due to its time zone, Spaniards have worked longer hours and finished later than in other European countries. | Supporters of moving the clock back one hour say it would improve Spain’s weak productivity and allow for a better work/life balance. Due to its time zone, Spaniards have worked longer hours and finished later than in other European countries. |
| The People’s party of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and the smaller Ciudadanos party agreed on the reform in August. The Socialists, the main opposition party, also support it, making it more likely to pass through a fragmented parliament. | The People’s party of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and the smaller Ciudadanos party agreed on the reform in August. The Socialists, the main opposition party, also support it, making it more likely to pass through a fragmented parliament. |