Brussels' eurocrats bemoan the ingratitude of public opinion and even of Europe's voters. Yet Giles Merritt, Editor of Europe's World, says they themselves have dismally failed to explain what the EU stands for, and why it's so central to the futures of 500m Europeans

It's tempting to base ideas for global financial regulation on “bashing big banks”, says Avinash Persaud, who chaired the UN’s “Stiglitz Commission” on financial reform. But he warns that the greater problem is that of diverging American and European views on a safer rulebook