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The president of the European Council said the Brussels club can only overcome major obstacles, like Brexit and the signing off of the European defence force, with unity.

As he arrived for a meeting with Visegrad leaders ahead of the EU Council, he said: "We will deal with the issue of a lack of unity which is very visible - I am talking about the EMU and migration.

"When it comes to EMU the divide is between North and South when it comes to migration it is between East and West.

"These divisions are compounded by emotions it makes it hard to find even common language and rational argument for this debate.

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