{"id":239404,"date":"2019-05-28T17:13:21","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T14:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=239404"},"modified":"2019-05-28T17:13:21","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T14:13:21","slug":"patriarch-daniel-casts-vote-in-eu-elections-and-national-referendum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/patriarch-daniel-casts-vote-in-eu-elections-and-national-referendum\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriarch Daniel casts vote in EU elections and national referendum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel on Sunday cast his vote in the European elections and a national referendum at his local polling station at Ienachita Vacarescu School in Bucharest.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After voting, the Patriarch offered prayer cards to those present at the polling station.<\/p>\n<p>Romanians cast their votes in the EU elections on Sunday, May 26, as well as in a referendum for justice organized at the request of the President of Romania.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/portal\/en\">European Parliament<\/a> (EP) is the only parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU) that is directly elected by EU citizens aged 18 or older.<\/p>\n<p>Together with the European Commission and the Council of the European Union (&#8216;the Council&#8217;, which should not be confused with the European Council and the non-EU Council of Europe organisation) it exercises the tripartite legislative function of the European Union.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-239404 gallery-columns-6 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-size='1900x1267' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Patriarhul-Daniel-la-vot-103.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Patriarhul-Daniel-la-vot-103-360x360.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-size='1900x1267' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Patriarhul-Daniel-la-vot-104.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Patriarhul-Daniel-la-vot-104-360x360.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-size='1900x1267' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Patriarhul-Daniel-la-vot-106.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Patriarhul-Daniel-la-vot-106-360x360.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-size='1900x1267' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Patriarhul-Daniel-la-vot-101.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Patriarhul-Daniel-la-vot-101-360x360.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-size='1900x1267' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Patriarhul-Daniel-la-vot-107.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Patriarhul-Daniel-la-vot-107-360x360.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-size='1900x1267' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Patriarhul-Daniel-la-vot-108.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Patriarhul-Daniel-la-vot-108-360x360.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Photography courtesy of <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>Basilica.ro<\/em><\/strong><\/span> \/ Mircea Florescu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel on Sunday cast his vote in the European elections and a national referendum at his local polling station at Ienachita Vacarescu School in Bucharest. 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