"el ciudadano de a pie" in English

What I mean by this is that it is hard to understand for the ordinary citizen.

Often, the average citizen feels that he is living in Wittgenstein's nightmare.

The man in the street wants to know what the Union has achieved and how it has affected him.

So many words, and quite often incomprehensible to the average citizen!

The big question is, does the man in the street think enough progress has been made?

What is more, the control is made even more difficult by tachographs being tampered with.

This action plan was examined by the Council on Monday, 31 January 2005.

The information reaching the man in the street is anecdotal, disorganised and often inappropriate.

Will any initiatives now be launched in order to make taxation more transparent for the layman?

On the one hand, it is extremely technical, and probably any common citizen would find it difficult to understand.

This situation will linger for at least 10 years and it is ordinary people who will pay for all of the errors.

But the ordinary citizen has a big problem!

This action must be taken sooner rather than later to alleviate the pressure that has been put on ordinary people.

The normal citizen, however, who books a flight himself should have information concerning his rights provided on the ticket.

I have to say that the interactive guide was too complicated and, to tell the truth, incomprehensible to the ordinary citizen.

The ordinary people of Europe are once again going to have to stump up in order to fund the megalomania of a group of political profiteers.

I am concerned about the impact of the current discussions on ordinary people, but I am also concerned about the image of the European Union.

Ordinary people, however, are questioning the major role once again given to the Americans by Europe through NATO.

the ordinary citizen

Because in the same way that we ought not to transfer the whole burden to individual citizens, nor should we expect the state to shoulder the entire load.