I'd also be a classical liberal if I were getting 1 out of 4 euros of the EU taxpayers.

The rest of Europe would be also afraid if they didn’t have the nice cushy buffer of Ukraine and Poland to give them breathing room.

Positive actions cited in the article: "independent courts, an anti-monopoly agency to ensure fair competition, and strong regulation to keep troubled banks from choking off credit"

While many in US say "liberal economics" means not interfering with businesses with regulations or anti-trust.

I suppose people have different definitions of "classical liberal", "neo-liberal", etc.