Big depositors in the country's two biggest banks lost money and the island remains financially cut off from the rest of the euro zone because of capital controls intended to stop deposit flight.
Rumors that Britain was reassessing its policy toward Iraq and intended to stop bombing in the no-fly zone have been spreading recently at the United Nations.
He intended to urge the bloc to address three big issues: the crisis in the euro zone, a crisis of competitiveness that is allowing other regions to move ahead and a lack of democratic accountability and consent that is felt deeply, particularly in Britain.