{"id":27038,"date":"2025-12-01T13:32:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T11:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/?p=27038"},"modified":"2025-12-01T13:32:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T11:32:58","slug":"the-european-union-needs-to-be-explained-more-clearly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/no-52\/the-european-union-needs-to-be-explained-more-clearly\/","title":{"rendered":"The European Union needs to be explained more clearly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">The editorial argues that Estonians often see the EU mainly as a source of funding, overlooking its broader significance.<\/p>\n<p>Studies show a need for clearer, more practical explanations of how the EU works, both in education and public communication. The same need for<br \/>\n\u201cmore explanation\u201d applies to politics and journalism, where lack of clarity weakens trust. Understanding and explaining the EU\u2019s mechanisms is essential for transparency, democracy, and Estonia\u2019s role within a diverse Europe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The editorial argues that Estonians often see the EU mainly as a source of funding, overlooking its broader significance. Studies show a need for clearer, more practical explanations of how the EU works, both in education and public communication. The same need for \u201cmore explanation\u201d applies to politics and journalism, where lack of clarity weakens [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[186],"class_list":["post-27038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-no-52","topic-editor-in-shiefs-column"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27038"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27039,"href":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27038\/revisions\/27039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}