The EU summit has concluded in Brussels, with leaders having discussed various current issues including migration, security and economy. Some say they hold a positive view of the future EU, but others aren't as optimistic.

For an EU Summit that wasn't meant to be all about Brexit, Britain's impending divorce kept stealing the summit thunder. EU Council President Donald Tusk channeled the spirit of John Lennon in a pre-summit press conference to wish against all odds that history would somehow be rewound. 

”Some of my British friends have even asked me whether Brexit could be reversed. So who knows you may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one,” said Tusk.

British Prime Minister Theresa May said, ”I want to reassure all those EU citizens who are in the UK who have made their lives and homes in the UK, that no one will have to leave and that we won't see families split apart and this is a fair and serious offer.”

May's reassurance about the status of EU citizens in the UK following Brexit received cautious welcome from EU leader. "That's a good start. But of course there are many, many other questions about Brexit, about finances, about the relationship with Ireland which means we still have a lot to do,” said Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor. 

Meanwhile, other prominent figures in the block called for European leaders to reject protectionism.

"Europe is our best protection against these global challenges. Whether it's large disruptions or risks or threats. It is also in this spirit that we discussed protection in the economic and social sphere,” said French President Emmanuel Macron. “We are in favor of an open market economy that respects multilateral rules. While we are going through a period in which several great powers can give the impression of questioning these balances, we have reaffirmed this commitment.”