In global finance, the Bank for International Settlements should be transformed from a discussion forum for central bankers into a policy co-ordinating body, turning it into the world's central bank with a mandate to keep inflation stable and low worldwide.

ECONOMIST: The world trade system

The Wildlife Trusts, the national co-ordinating body for the 46 county trusts, has called for a four-tier scheme of support "which would pay farmers to help wildlife, with a scale of awards to reflect the amount of environmental work undertaken on each farm".

BBC: Another chance for wildlife

It will also "definitively" establish Eurojust - a body which has, in fact, already been operating informally since March, co-ordinating cross-border co-operation in investigations into crimes such as terrorism and money laundering.

BBC: Laeken's anti-terror agenda