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Passage à l'heure d'hiver dans la nuit du 24 au 25 octobre 2026
Les Français reculeront leurs montres d'une heure dans la nuit du samedi 24 au dimanche 25 octobre 2026, comme chaque dernier dimanche d'octobre.
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La France passe à l'heure d'hiver dans la nuit de samedi à dimanche
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Story angles
This event does not yet have its own comparison: here is the story's Winter time change in France in 2026: security and debate.
The three sides cover the same switch to winter time on the night of October 24 to 25, 2026, but from distinct angles: historical and energy criticism on the left, road safety and usefulness of the measure in the center, technical, institutional and health issues on the right.
Left
Le Monde focuses its coverage on criticisms of the time change and recalls its origin, the reintroduction in 1975 to limit energy consumption during the oil crisis.
Centre
L'Union, TF1 Info/LCI, La Croix and 20 Minutes highlight the practical consequences: reduced visibility and increased vigilance for cyclists and scooter users, mandatory lighting, real usefulness of the measure, frozen European debate, date of the last Sunday in October and actual effects on sleep.
Right
Le JDD emphasizes the role of the Allouis transmitter in the Cher broadcasting the official time; Breizh-Info insists on the reform blocked in Brussels; Europe 1 deals with seasonal depression and Le Figaro with the effects of the change on the body and the date of the switch.
Common points
- =The switch to winter time took place in the night of October 24 to 25, 2026, with clocks set back one hour (at 3am, it becomes 2am).
- =The European project to abolish the time change, voted in 2019, remains frozen or set aside.
- =The extra hour of sleep is not necessarily effective, the body following its internal clock.
Divergences
- ≠Road safety for cyclists and scooter users (visibility, mandatory lighting) is developed in the center, absent from the left and right excerpts.
- ≠The Allouis transmitter and the broadcast of official time are only mentioned on the right.
- ≠Seasonal depression only appears in right-wing articles.
- ≠Criticism of the time change and its 1975 energy origin are highlighted on the left, while the center insists on its contested usefulness and the right on institutional blocking.
Written by an AI from headlines and extracts only of all events in the story · 27 Oct, 08h50
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- 09h30La CroixCentreAnalysis24 OctPassage à l’heure d’hiver : pourquoi le changement se fait-il toujours le dernier dimanche d’octobre ?
C’est le rituel : les Français reculeront leurs montres d’une heure, dans la nuit du samedi 24 au dimanche 25 octobre 2026. Mais pourquoi ce changement a-t-il toujours lieu le dernier dimanche du mois ?
Further reading
In the same story
- Le changement d'heure permet-il vraiment des économies d'énergie ?27 Oct
- Pas-de-Calais : appel à la prudence après le passage à l'heure d'hiver27 Oct
- Le passage à l'heure d'hiver perturbe la conduite et la sécurité routière26 Oct
- Trottinettes électriques : les risques accrus la nuit malgré le gilet réfléchissant26 Oct
- Débat sur la fin du changement d'heure26 Oct
- La préfecture du Nord appelle à la prudence après le passage à l'heure d'hiver26 Oct