STEVEN CHAPMAN OBSERVES:

This point brings home another feature of today’s post-9/11 pro-Europeanism: it is exclusively elite-driven. Zizek’s European Dream, like that of his intended audience, is largely mere theory in the minds of the tiniest of intellectual minorities. Recently a poll suggested that about half of Great Britain would like to emigrate, for one reason or another, and the most popular destination was – you guessed it – America. Today’s ‘huddled masses’ – now huddled under umbrellas rather than in doorways begging for sixpence – are ready to vote with their feet in favour of that same American Dream that Zizek rejects. (Just imagine the consequences for a future Europe were America to adopt an ‘open door’ policy towards European immigrants as it once did..!)

I think we should do it — except that what the ensuing brain drain might do to Europe might cause us more trouble than we want down the line.