BRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on EU summit on changes demanded by Britain (all times local):
3:10 p.m.
European Union President Donald Tusk says Thursday's summit of the 28 EU leaders to decide on the reforms that British Prime Minister David Cameron is calling for will be one of the most important the bloc has seen.
British Prime Minister David Cameron arrives for an EU summit at the EU Council building in Brussels on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016. European Union leaders are holding a summit in Brussels on Thursday and Friday to hammer out a deal designed to keep Britain in the 28-nation bloc. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
With many core issues still outstanding going into the two-day summit, Tusk said hours ahead of the opening summit session: "One thing is clear to me though. This is a make or break summit, I have no doubts."
Tusk said that both sides were still "in the middle of still very difficult and sensitive negotiations," as the summit center not only started filling with leaders but also legal experts who would have to pour any decision into binding legal texts.
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2:30 p.m.
Prime Minister David Cameron says he'll be "battling for Britain" but still faces hurdles in his talks on a deal with the European Union.
Arriving at an EU summit in Brussels, Cameron said he was fighting to close a deal by Friday, but "it's going to be hard."
He said that "if we can get a good deal I'll take that deal, but I will not take a deal doesn't meet what we need. I think it's much more important to get this right than to do anything in a rush."
Cameron hopes the 28 EU nations can strike agreement on the changes Britain seeks to its relationship with the bloc, so he can call a referendum on U.K. membership for as early as June.
British Prime Minister David Cameron speaks to the media as he arrives for an EU summit at the EU Council building in Brussels on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016. European Union leaders are holding a summit in Brussels on Thursday and Friday to hammer out a deal designed to keep Britain in the 28-nation bloc. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
British Prime Minister David Cameron speaks with journalists as he arrives for an EU summit at the EU Council building in Brussels on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016. European Union leaders are holding a summit in Brussels on Thursday and Friday to hammer out a deal designed to keep Britain in the 28-nation bloc. (AP Photo/Francois Walschaerts)
British Prime Minister David Cameron gets in the back of a car as he leaves 10 Downing Street in London, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016. Cameron on Thursday is due to attend a crucial EU summit in Brussels. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
European Council President Donald Tusk speaks with journalists as he arrives at the European Council building in Brussels on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016. European Union leaders will hold a summit in Brussels on Thursday and Friday to hammer out a deal designed to keep Britain in the 28-nation bloc. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
European Council President Donald Tusk, center left, and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, center right, walk with leaders of the countries on the Western Balkan migration route prior to a meeting at the European Council building in Brussels on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016. At left is Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's President Gjorge Ivanov, and right is Croatian Prime Minister Tihomir Oreskovic. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, Pool)
Leader of UKIP, Nigel Farage is interviewed in the press room at an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016. European Union leaders are holding a summit in Brussels on Thursday and Friday to hammer out a deal designed to keep Britain in the 28-nation bloc. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Britain's Prime Minister, David Cameron, leaves 10 Downing Street in London, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016. Cameron is due to attend on Thursday a crucial EU summit in Brussels. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
British Prime Minister David Cameron, left, is greeted by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker at EU headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016. David Cameron is visiting EU leaders two days ahead of a crucial EU summit. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
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