On: EU to recommend that member states abolish dayligh...

[ginko]

It's the other way round. Implementing daylight savings time ("summer time") moves the effective timezone 1 hour to the East. It's worse for Western European countries. Even CET normal time is already very lopsided. France and Spain should really be part of GMT.

[madcaptenor → ginko]

I'd guess that if permanent summer time were instituted, France and Spain would drop back an hour (to permanent GMT+1 instead of permanent GMT+2).

[Someone → madcaptenor]

Spain could even drop to GMT. Most of it is west of London, and that would align it with Portugal.

[gpvos → Someone]

In fact, all of Spain is west of 7.5° east, which squarely puts it in GMT territory (there's a little sliver west of 7.5° west).

[madcaptenor → Someone]

Does Spain want to be aligned with Portugal, though?

[mirages → madcaptenor]

Reverse way for France

Summer time is equivalent of UTC+2 Winter time is equivalent of UTC+1

[madcaptenor → mirages]

That's right. But I can't imagine France would want to be on +2 year-round. (Paris mean time is only nine minutes ahead of GMT.)