Gray smoke at the end of the meeting of the ambassadors of the 27 in view of the extraordinary European Council on the review of the common budget and the 50 billion financing for Hungary.
The situation remains "difficult and relatively tense" and the meeting of the Permanent Representatives (Coreper II), we learn from European sources, has been adjourned to Wednesday at 8.30.
Negotiations with Hungary continue at a high level, while Budapest has explained that it is ready to work constructively and find an acceptable solution at 27 within the budget review.
The member states, we learn, have reiterated their willingness to find a 27-member solution and the majority have underlined the need for a 26-member solution to also be viable.
During the meeting, the Belgian presidency presented the ambassadors of the 27 with a limited package of possible conclusions on military support for Ukraine.
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