The summit of EU leaders ended late at night, reaching an agreement on migrants and economic dossiers: more attention to border control and protection on the one hand, flexibility on the use of existing funds on the one hand, but State faster and more extensive on the other.
Instead, he held back on sending warplanes to Ukraine, as requested by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, who flew to Brussels for the occasion.
"It is impossible to deliver the planes to Ukraine anytime soon," explained Emmanuel Macron.
New clash between Macron and Giorgia Meloni.
The prime minister will hold a press conference in the morning and perhaps she will return to the subject.
Macron, questioned by reporters, said that "there was no bilateral agreement with Meloni, but we met. I always respect people and their choices, it's a matter of principle".
"I am very satisfied with the European Council", underlined President Meloni as she left the Europa Building.