In this trendy discourse, sovereignty means “empowerment," and EU institutions are “undemocratic." Sovereignty has thus become a particularly seductive concept for citizens of the southern member countries, who have increasingly come to believe that the EU's “rigid" structure has been imposed upon them.
Dans ce discours à la mode, souveraineté signifie « habilitation, renforcement des moyens d'action » (empowerment) et les institutions de l'UE sont « antidémocratiques. »