I also don't consider them properly "far right" because in the cheap euphemisms of journalism that just means "they remind us of Nazis", which of course isn't fair to the right because the Nazis were just a race/nation-based form of the socializing Left that had a few conservative characteristics because it chose to base its mythology on the unique characteristics of the country (i.e., its traditions).

Having said that, the problem is that when you have even a moderately socialist state (or "social democracy" if you prefer the term), the more foreigners you get coming in to "leech off" the ridiculous level of largesse given out by the state, the higher the level of resentment will build. Throw in the absurdly high level of youth unemployment that almost every EU member-state is seeing and you have a recipe for disaster that the technocrats can't appreciate, understand or properly measure. Populists may or may not survive in power, but they will disrupt the unaccountable way in which the EU is being run, which may ultimately be a good thing.

As for Greece, Italy, Spain and the rest, if you honestly think they're going to have any success with deep structural reforms you clearly have far less concerns about a populist revolution than even I do. No, the hypocrisy of offering generous benefits on early retirement that don't end up being so generous due to relentless currency devaluation is the way they need to continue doing things to avoid offending people. Everyone's used to it and they muddle along with that sort of a system. Either that or a dictator comes in to completely gut the system and build on the ruins of what has come before (and likely a lot of bodies, too).