“Spaniards you will not have to pay Spain's debts, and you will not have to work too much” stinks pure cheap populism

Sir, Wolfgang Münchau writes “There is nothing controversial about the statement that if debt is unsustainable it needs to be restructured”, “The radical left is right about Europe’s debt” November 24.

Indeed, absolutely right. But then Münchau holds that Podemos of Spain “may be the one that comes closest of all those in the Eurozone to offering a consistent approach to post-crisis economic management”.

If a knowledgeable Münchau cannot differentiate between understanding the need of debt restructuring, and using that need in terms of haranguing “screw those capitalists”, in order to gain self interested power, then Europe is indeed in trouble.

Just two days ago Tobias Buck reported that Podemos’ European election manifesto included “a commitment to a 35-hour workweek, and to lowering the retirement age to 60”.

Does not “Spaniards, you will not have to pay Spain debts, and you will not have to work much” stink cheap populism?