{"id":935,"date":"2024-12-30T17:00:34","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T17:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jvh.42web.io\/?p=935"},"modified":"2025-03-19T16:50:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T16:50:51","slug":"european-parliament-1979","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnvassarhousesculptor.art\/?p=935","title":{"rendered":"European Parliament, 1979"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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for the first direct election of the Parliament members<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Headquarters, Strasbourg, France, 1979<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Please note that the symbolisms described below represent the European Parliament in year 1979. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The wedge-shaped elements of the ring represent the 9 member-countries, each sized according to its voting strength. Their external surfaces express the individuality of the countries, while the inner surface of the ring represents their fusion into a single unit: the European Parliament. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three counterclockwise movements on the inner ring respectively back France-Germany, Benelux-Italy and Denmark-Great Britain-Ireland as a chronology of recent cooperation. Greece is poised waiting to enter the circle.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The base, symbolizing the electorate, is composed of a flow of various political currents upon which the entire Parliamentary structure rests. These currents crest as a kinetic force, giving impetus to the Parliament\u2019s activities. The small laminated ring which revolves about its axis of 3 pins, which stand for the Council, Commission and Judiciary, represents the mechanism of non-legislative functions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The final model was selected from 3 options as representing best the scope of the EP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sculptor John Vassar House preliminary sketches for the European Parliament sculpture<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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