{"id":96500,"date":"2019-05-13T17:15:35","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T17:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=96500"},"modified":"2019-05-13T17:15:35","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T17:15:35","slug":"voting-in-the-eu-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=96500","title":{"rendered":"Voting in the EU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=94232\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Voting in the\u00a0EU<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" style=\"float: right;padding:10px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Voting-in-the-EU.jpeg?resize=300%2C169\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"94233\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?attachment_id=94233\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Voting-in-the-EU.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"0\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"0\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"0\",\"iso\":\"0\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"0\"}' data-image-title=\"Voting-in-the-EU\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Voting-in-the-EU.jpeg?w=300\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Voting-in-the-EU.jpeg?w=676\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A short film explaining democracy in the EU and the European Parliament and how your vote moves it.<\/p>\n<p>Written by European Constitutional Law Professor Tom Eijsbouts, animated &amp; directed by Anna Eijsbouts.<\/p>\n<p>This film has been made out of necessity and has been funded via Kickstarter.  By Anna Eijsbouts<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=94232\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">View On WordPress<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Voting in the\u00a0EU A short film explaining democracy in the EU and the European Parliament and how your vote moves it. Written by European Constitutional Law Professor Tom Eijsbouts, animated &amp; directed by Anna Eijsbouts. This film has been made out of necessity and has been funded via Kickstarter. 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