第三，欧盟面对的是大多数发达国家所面临的一个问题，且程度更为严重：有股凌驾在民选官员权力之上的强大力量塑造了公民的生活，令他们产生了深深的无力感。
Third, the EU is confronting, in more severe form, a problem facing much of the developed world: powerful forces operating beyond the control of elected officials are shaping citizens’ lives, leaving them feeling powerless.