EU Summit Update: Austria’s Kurz and Dutch PM Rutte happy with current proposals

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz tweeted out on Monday, the European Union (EU) Summit discussions are difficult but we can be very satisfied with today's result.

Meanwhile, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said, “on the whole we are making progress in EU summit.”

Additional comments

“Michel is working on a new EU compromise proposal.”

“Happy with current proposals on economic reforms.”

“We were very close to failure, things can still fall apart.”

Barend Leyts, Spokesman for the European Council President came out with the latest update, noting that that the meeting will reconvene at 1600 Brussels time, which is 1400GMT.