Institutional seats of the European Union was against the treaties and the natural prerogatives of a Parliament elected by direct universal suffrage, claiming the right to decide its own workings to its own efficiency. In response, leaders annexed the decision to the Treaty of Amsterdam, including it in the treaties. A Council decision on 29 October 1993 on the location of European agencies established that the European Monetary Institute, later the European Central Bank, would be based in Frankfurt. Frankfurt had to compete with numerous other cities, including London, Paris, Amsterdam, Luxembourg, Lyon, Barcelona and even Basel (in Switzerland, which was outside the European Union). France
Central European Midsummer Time Midsummer time was equivalent to Moscow Time, which did not observe DST then. Central European Midsummer Time Central European Midsummer Time (CEMT) is one of the names of the time zone, 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It was used as a double summer daylight saving time in several European countries during the 1940s. Some parts of France, but not Paris, observed Central European Midsummer Time in 1941–1945. Central European Midsummer Time was used in occupied Germany from 11 May, 03:00 CEST to 29 June 1947, 03:00 CEMT. According to GHEP, Berlin and the Soviet Occupation Zone observed midsummer