"What troubles them is that in their eyes, this is economic intervention," he said.
The party's enthusiasm for economic intervention in the economy had waned since the Campbell years.
Later manifestations of the European imagination include political and economic interventions.
Diplomatic, economic and military interventions in countries which risk causing large migrant flows.
They are vehemently opposed to environmental regulations, corporate welfare, subsidies, and other areas of economic intervention.
From this, some critics of capitalism prefer economic intervention by government to free markets.
In recent decades, these three regions have been the focus of political, economic and military interventions by the great powers.
As the 1940s progressed, there developed a notable movement, including within the Conservative party, for a greater degree of social and economic intervention by government.
That is why only public action at European level, including direct industrial and economic intervention, will be able to resolve the situation.
In the short term, this means less economic intervention, and resisting protectionism.