New EU council chief Donald Tusk has broken with the two-day summit tradition, making leaders and journalists happy by wrapping up before midnight.
The meeting was the Polish former prime minister's first top-level appearance since he began the job on 1 December.
Going into the event he admitted he "felt like a debutant" and had "stage fright".
It was also the first formal occasion to showcase his English, after three months of intense lessons to prepare for the job.
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