ABSTRACT
199The difficulties experienced by the EU, and in particular the seventeen members of the eurozone, highlight a major challenge faced by many nations that are not members of the EU. These nations face a communitarian paradox: On the one hand, they need a significantly higher level of transnational governance, which—I shall attempt to show—can be provided only if the expansion of such governance is paralleled by a considerable measure of transnational community building. On the other hand, this communal expansion is encountering nationalism, which acts as an overpowering communitarian block by standing in the way of building more encompassing communities, ones comprised of nations.
