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This brief argues that the chief challenge facing the EU is a community deficit. To deal with this deficit, the author cautions that the EU must either introduce strong measures of community building or else significantly scale back its plans for collective action. He cites data showing that there is a considerable level of disaffection from the EU project and EU institutions, and then turns to examine a set of measures needed to reduce the strain on the EU by scaling back, for the near future, those provisions that alienate many citizens.