EU leaders spent the morning debating the next long-term budget and moved on to discuss the situation in the Middle East and possible measures targeting Israel over its actions in the West Bank and Gaza.
The budgetary discussions went as expected, with the bloc's member states split between so-called frugal countries who want to scale down their financial commitments and those who want an ambitious budget to finance traditional financial programs like cohesion policy and the common agricultural policy.
On the Middle East, the focus of the discussion was to examine the consequences of the US-Iran deal, including a potential naval mission to secure the international flow of vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.
Leaders also discussed possible restrictive measures targeting Israeli settlements in the Palestinian occupied territories.
Here's how the day unfolded.
