[PaywallBuster]

> 450 million and counting people would still prefer to live and work in the EU than anywhere else

majority of population of any given country doesn't emigrate ever, even inside EU where it would be extremely easy

[ExoticPearTree]

> majority of population of any given country doesn't emigrate ever, even inside EU where it would be extremely easy

Because unlike the US, we don't speak the same language. If there would have been a real push to have a common EU language since its inception, we would have been more mobile and more US like. But no...

[traceroute66]

> Because unlike the US, we don't speak the same language.

The majority of Europeans, and especially those of recent generations speak incredibly good English.

Most Europeans speak 2–3 languages anyway, so there is always a common language to be found. No need for one to be forced on you.

[mrtksn]

But evidence shows that they do emigrate in mass when there's a reason, it's one of the core issues of the last decade and the reason why fascists gained power all over the world. If fact its the reason why masked people in USA are hunting down immigrants.

Its also factual that there's a large scale migration intra-EU, with people from poorer countries moving to rich ones to seek jobs. Bulgaria, Romania and Poland are prime examples for that.

Its also well documented that those same people stop migrating and even coming back once their counties level up with the rest of the EU, again Poland and Bulgaria are good examples for this in the last years.

EU is trying to make sure that the poorer countries receive the help they need to catch up and it looks like its working.

[traceroute66]

> But evidence shows that they do emigrate in mass when there's a reason

If you go to the CNN website there are lots of articles on there right now (e.g. https://edition.cnn.com/travel/us-woman-moved-to-germany) about US peeps who have emigrated to Europe recently and are thoroughly enjoying their new life with no plans to return to the motherland in the foreseeable future.

I can't possibly think why. ;)