It was a strange situation to see Margot Wallström take the floor before the Congress of the Party of European Socialists (PES) in Madrid on 1 December. Vice-President of a European Commission decried by the Socialists as “ultra-liberal” and criticised for its passiveness in recent years over the regulation of financial markets, Ms Wallström gave her “full support” to the party's manifesto for the European elections which, among other things, calls for an end to economic casualness...