Belgium: Juncker 'completely' rules out re-discussing refugee quotas

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and European Parliament President Martin Schulz held a joint press conference ahead of the informal meeting of heads of state on refugee crisis, in Brussels, on Wednesday. Juncker completely ruled out the opportunity to "re-discuss" the European Interior Ministers' decision on refugee quotas. "The decision is made. And it should be respected," he added. Juncker also stressed that the EC "doubled" the resources to cope with the current refugee crisis up to €9.5 billion ($10.5 billion). He then proposed up to €1.7 billion ($1.9 billion) assistance aid for the "most affected" countries - Turkey and Macedonia. It is "time for action," he said, "time for matching words with ambitious actions." Martin Schulz identified the migrant and refugee crisis as a "global problem", saying that it could not be solved only by "national answers." He promised to "speed up" the law making process and application process of the measures proposed by the EC. EU leaders will gather in Brussels later on Wednesday for an emergency summit on the ongoing refugee crisis. The emergency summit follows a meeting between EU interior and justice ministers the previous day, when the plan to relocate 120,000 refugees across member states was approved.