British political activist and public intellectual Tariq Ali proposed idea of Balkan Federation within the European Union as the way out of "narrow nationalism" and the way "to get rid of these occupation bureaucrats and armies that have been placed there".[19] Ivaylo Ditchev, professor of cultural anthropology at Sofia University, stated in one interview for Deutsche Welle that revival of the Yugoslav spirit of openness and cultural diversity and revival of the post-war utopian idea of Balkan Federation would be beneficial for the region and its European integration.[20]