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. Meanwhile, the northern EU countries are falling prey to a simplistic message of their own: that their southern counterparts are irresponsible spendthrifts who should be left to solve their own problems.
在上文提到的时髦言论中，主权和“权力”是一回事，而欧盟制度则等同于“不民主”。主权因此成为对南欧成员国民众极具诱惑力的概念，这些人越来越相信他们被迫成为欧盟“僵化”结构的受害者。此外，北欧国家也无法抵挡他们自己的简化言论：那就是南欧盟国都是不负责任的败家子，他们留下的烂摊子应该让他们自己收。