10.37pm BST

We're going to wrap up the blog now, but here's a quick summary of the events of the day first:

Clashes between police and protesters erupted after tens of thousands of people took part in protests in Madrid. The demonstrations, organised by the Spanish indignados group, were called to protest at the country's austerity measures and to call for new elections in Spain.

After a peaceful start (see 17.13), there were clashes between riot police and some demonstrators, which included officers using batons on the crowds (see 19.15, 18.30) and then plastic bullets (20.01)

In other news across the eurozone, ECB president Mario Draghi called on European leaders to take decisive steps to ease the crisis (see 14.39 onwards) and there were reports that the IMF might withhold its aid payments for Greece until the issue of debt restructuring is resolved (see 17.52).

In an interview with CNN, during a trip to the US, the Italian President Mario Monti said he will not run for elections which are expected in the Spring. He also said that he hopes Italy won't need to ask for bond aid (see 21.20)

Thanks for joining us today. BQ