Talks on how to keep Britain in the European Union have continued into the early hours of Friday after Prime Minister, David Cameron, said there was real hard work to do overnight.
European Council President, Donald Tusk, said that “there has been some progress on the first day of the Brussels Summit, but a lot still remains to be done.”
He began a series of meetings with Mr Cameron and other leaders in the early hours.
Meanwhile, divisions on the proposed deal for the UK were said to be deeper than expected.
In the meeting, Mr Cameron would seek to secure the deal he wants before holding an in/out referendum on the UK’s EU membership.
Reuters News Agency reported that German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, said: “It had become clear that agreements would not be easy for many, but the will is there.”
The first EU Council session ended on Thursday with no agreement on several issues, and an EU source said while it had been “intense and constructive” with all the countries confirming their wish for the UK to stay in the bloc, some also set out specific concerns.
