It is all the more necessary, therefore, to redefine properly the relations between the political and administrative institutions of the European Union (EU) and the people who are not a part of them but form, rather, civil society. ###>Il faut au contraire redéfinir convenablement les rapports entre les institutions politico-administratives de l'Union européenne et les gens qui n'en font pas partie, c'est-à-dire la société civile.