Also likely to be passed over in silence is the underlying European clash that will define the continent 's direction in the coming years : the one between what Mr. Chirac calls an '' ultraliberal conception of Europe '' -- a Gallic twist on the classical definition of '' liberal '' to render the idea of unfettered Anglo-Saxon capitalism -- and what is sometimes known as Rhineland capitalism , namely a market economy with a high degree of social protection as practiced in France and Germany .