Those anti-protectionist pro-competition rules are one of the most unsocialist things about the EU pal, it makes it almost impossible for states to nationalise industry one of the key pillars of socialism. Every state in the Western world have some hard fought for semi-socialist policies (welfare etc) to keep the masses pacified but you can't call them a socialist state unless their economic policy is guided by socialist philosophy.
Neoliberalism works great at what it's intended to do, transfering wealth from the bottom to the top.
You're obviously more clued up on economics than me but