This opening-up, however, has been matched by distinctly interventionist policies, including a €2 billion plan to fund 500,000 training schemes for the jobless.

Of course their protectionist and interventionist policies would be a disaster.

One can only surmise it reflects a continuation of interventionist policies in foreign conflicts, where their presence will be of questionable value as guerrilla warfare becomes commonplace.

Praising markets in the abstract, while rolling out state interventionist policies could be enough to retain office.

Much more interventionist policies aimed at supporting particular industries would likely leave us worse off in the longer term.