Euro zone victims betray sneaking regard for Thatcher

Even in the depths of recession, southern Europe is showing a sneaking regard for the single-minded way that Margaret Thatcher rammed through some of the very policies that are now putting the region on the rack.

The free-market principles of the former British prime minister, who died on Monday aged 87, are too radical for those on the euro zone periphery - and elsewhere - who instinctively look to the state for a helping hand.

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