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European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has scheduled an extraordinary meeting devoted to the refugee crisis.

The gathering, to be held at the level of heads of state or government and dubbed "Leaders' Meeting", will take place on Sunday, October 25.

European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans and Commissioner Johannes Hahn were negotiating with the Turkish authorities through the whole night and there is a good possibility for success, stated European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker during a joint press conference with Parliament President Martin Schulz in Brussels.

“The European Commission’s efforts on dealing with the refugee crisis are focused on Greece,” the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker said at the European Parliament plenary.

He also explained that he is preparing a “cooperation memorandum between EU-Turkey” on the same issue.

European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker will receive on Wednesday Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at 18:00 (Athens time), announced earlier EU Commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas.

The meeting will be held before the start of the EU Summit on the refugee issue.

The President of the Association of Greek Regions, Kostas Agorastos will meet with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker Monday to discuss the migration crisis and the ‘Juncker financial growth package’. The meeting will take place in Brussels and two men will examine the role of the Greek regions in light of the huge refugee crisis.

Romanian Interior Minister Gabriel Oprea said on Monday that Bucharest will reject the European Commission's plan for national quotas for refugees.

"I have a clear mandate from the president and from the prime minister to politely refuse the EC request," Oprea said before leaving for Brussels, where EU interior ministers will hold a meeting on the refugee crisis.

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is speaking in Strasbourg on Wednesday morning. This is his first State of the Union speech at the European Parliament that is set to report on his achievement and set out his vision. Much of the address is expected to focus on the refugee crisis.

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker was very clear in his congratulatory letter to Greece’s new catetaker Prime Minister Vassiliki Thanou, limiting the diplomatic courtesies to his first paragraph. 

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker expressed his deep concern over the negative reception refugees are experiencing from a large portion of European people, in a hard-hitting article he authored in German newspaper ‘Die Welt, Sunday.

European Commission representative Annika Breidthardt said Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker was fully aware of the decision by Greek PM Alexis Tsipras to resign and call snap elections.