In 2012, Finland participated in the second bail out of Greece after laborious negotiations about the collateral deal between several Greek banks and the Nordic euro member. Ink on the paper had hardly dried when the Finnish government declared the deal confidential. The Finns Party, the Eurosceptic opposition group, demanded disclosure of Greek collateral.

The British local elections end with a blow both for David Cameron and the Conservatives. On the other hand; they stand for a triumph for Nigel. Ukip, gained 42 seats in seven local Councils, whereas Labourists stopped at 26. The drop of agreement of both Conservatives and LibDem arouse stir.

Islamist extremist violence has led to more than 900 deaths and many injured in the past few years under the Christian population in the northern part of Nigeria. This alarming situation triggered Members of the European Parliament (MEP) Belder and Dodds to undertake action. The violent acts towards Christians are committed by Boko Haram, an Islamist organization linked to Al Shabaab and Al Qaida and which main goal is to cleanse the area from Christians and to establish a sharia-rule based Islamist state.

On Tuesday MEPs discussed the work of the ECB with its President Mario Draghi. The President of the European Central Bank has been criticised by MEPs over the bank's handling of the eurozone crisis. During a debate on the ECB's annual report he insisted that improvements were being seen in bail-out countries such as Greece, Ireland and Portugal. Among the critical voices, Slovak MEP Jaroslav Paska (EFD Group).

"L'Unione Europea dichiara guerra ai più importanti siti di e-commerce al mondo, dove vengono spacciati falsi vini in polvere che scopiazzano alcuni tra i più famosi DOP ed IGP italiani. Amazon ed Ebay sono avvisati: ritirino subito dal commercio online i falsi Prosecco, Amarone e Valpolicella ottenuti con improbabili miscugli di polveri, agenti chimici e trucioli di quercia, altrimenti fioccheranno multe e provvedimenti vari".