This represents a serious challenge to thinkers who sometimes ridicule the idea of the nation itself, arguing that we now inhabit a “post-national” world. For them, national identity should be abandoned in favor of a European identity, even if the feeling of belonging to Europe is not deeply held among the peoples of the EU.
这代表着一种对于一部分思想家的严肃挑战。他们有时嘲讽民族的概念本身，认为我们现在生活在一个“后民族”的世界。对于他们而言，即便欧盟的各民族并没有形成对欧洲的强烈归属感，民族身份也应该被摒弃从而有利于欧洲身份的确立。