The Latest: French president meets central European leaders


              British Prime Minister Theresa May walks between EU flags as she arrives for an EU summit at the Europa building in Brussels on Friday, June 23, 2017. European Union leaders meet in Brussels on the final day of their two-day summit to focus on ways to stop migrants crossing the Mediterranean and how to uphold free trade while preventing dumping on Europe's markets. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
British Prime Minister Theresa May walks between EU flags as she arrives for an EU summit at the Europa building in Brussels on Friday, June 23, 2017. European Union leaders meet in Brussels on the final day of their two-day summit to focus on ways to stop migrants crossing the Mediterranean and how to uphold free trade while preventing dumping on Europe's markets. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

BRUSSELS (AP) - The Latest on the European Union summit (all times local):

9:30 a.m.

French President Emmanuel Macron is meeting with central and eastern European leaders amid tensions over jobs and resistance to taking in refugees.

The meeting Friday on the sidelines of an EU summit in Brussels is hitting on two of the most thorny subjects within the EU.

Macron's office says he sought a separate meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Poland's Beata Szydlo, Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka and Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico.

Some countries, including Hungary and Poland, have refused to take part in a legally binding EU scheme to share refugees after a wave of migrant arrivals strained resources.

Macron said ahead of the summit that countries should suffer consequences for not respecting EU deals, saying Europe is not a "supermarket" where members can choose which rules to respect.

Orban, who has erected a border fence to keep migrants out, said it wasn't fair for Macron to "kick" central European partners.

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8:50 a.m.

British Prime Minister Theresa May is seeking to reassure European Union nationals living in her country that their futures will be secure once Britain leaves the EU in 2019.

May told reporters Friday that "no one will have to leave. We won't be seeing families split apart "

She said her government is making a "very fair and very serious offer" to her EU counterparts to guarantee the futures of around 3 million European citizens in Britain.

May is due to publish a report on Monday detailing her plans, but she did explain some elements of it to EU leaders late Thursday.

The issue of the rights of EU citizens living in Britain and more than 1.5 million Britons on the continent is a top priority in Brexit talks.

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