Spain is urged to switch to Greenwich Mean Time

In a previous blog I discussed how Spain is having difficulties keeping up with the rest of the European Union due do being less productive then most of the Union. Recently a government backed commission has surprised Spain by proposing that they switch back to Greenwich Mean Time. This commissions aim is to increase productivity in Spain and put an end to the "siesta culture". For those who are unfamiliar with Greenwich Mean Time it is a term originally referring to mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London. It refers to time at the prime meridian at zero degrees longitude passing through Greenwich, London, also known as Universal Time (UT).
In March of 1940 Spain switched from Greenwich Mean time to "Berlin time" which is central European time. At the end of World War II Spain did not switch back to Greenwich time and has remained using "Berlin Time" for the past 60 years. Spain's work culture is unique because of their longer work hours with excessively long breaks. A typical worker in Spain has 30 minute coffee breaks, two hour lunch's and late evening dinners. This is very different from many other European countries were many workers eat their lunches at their desks with no breaks. Ironically, Spain is the European country were most work hours are spent however, they are among the least productive countries in Europe. The main factor against this switch is that the work pattern of Spain is claimed to be far more healthy then the nonstop working pattern of other northern European counties. It is uncertain if this switch will truly increase productivity in Spain when the workers are already so accustomed to their "siesta culture". An interesting study shows that Spain's neighbor Portugal who runs off the Greenwich Mean Time, is in fact less productive then Spain. This raises the question if Spain's time zone is truly to blame for the countries low productivity.