An Taoiseach Enda Kenny is off this morning to Brussels for a two day summit of European leaders who are meeting for the 20th time in the last two years to try and resolve the debt and banking crisis within the EU. At the start of the week Spain formally requested European aid of up to €100 billion for its banks making it the fourth state to require an EU bailout. Within hours of Spain’s request for help Cyprus became the fifth state seeking a bailout for its financial sector. And on Tuesday Italy had to pay more at a bond auction. The Spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy told his Parliament that he will demand in Brussels that existing "instruments" are used to calm financial markets. He warned that Spain ‘cannot finance ourselves for a long time at prices like those we are now paying.’ He was standing up for Spain. That’s his job and his mandate. He said: "I will propose measures to stabilize financial markets, using the instruments at our disposal right n