In the first of four papers in today's Guardian, Britain’s Conservative Party leader David Cameron sets out his vision for more transparent government in an attempt to attract voters disgusted by the row over MPs' expenses, a subject which has dominated the front pages of the British press this last fortnight.
“In media, shopping, travel, entertainment and music, we have huge choice and control,” he argues. In a bid to emulate the providers of such services that “offer us incredible service and value”, the Tory leader argues for “a massive, sweeping, radical redistribution of power.” “We must take power away from the political elite and hand it to the man and woman in the street."
This will include new restrictions on the powers of Prime Minister, notably the royal prerogative to make major decisions in the name of the monarch, and the timing of general elections. He also wishes to strengthen the hand of local government, observing that “thousands of new homes” are dumped via regional government “without a thought about…the character of your community.”
The leader of Greece’s leftist alliance SYRIZA is the new bright hope of Greek politics. Steering a course between pragmatism and the rhetoric of class warfare, he has unsettled Berlin, and not just those who back Angela Merkel's austerity policies. 
Europe’s economic woes have forced us to try to understand the secret Olympian world of global finance. But now that we pay more attention to bond yields and stability mechanisms, isn’t it clear that the experts up on their lofty peaks don’t know what’s going on either? 
This year’s Eurovision Song Contest is hosted by Azerbaijan, a country that is far from being a model democracy. An Estonian journalist takes a critical look at the deferential treatment enjoyed by the regime in Baku.