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The EU headquarters in Brussels, often described as a gargantuan, hideous building, symbolizes this centralization. The speaker recounts visiting this monster of bureaucratic architecture, noting its labyrinthine interior and the helplessness of elected officials confined within. For example, an encounter with a Romanian politician revealed how environmental regulations had stripped him of even basic control over his office’s thermostat—a small but potent symbol of lost sovereignty.