Today at Commission, Dutch relief and migration

Europe averted disaster — kind of.

Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker spoke with Mark Rutte on Wednesday night, Commission spokesperson Margaritis Schinas said. The Dutch prime minister’s center-right party came in first in parliamentary elections, warding off the challenge from right-wing Geert Wilders.

In the call, Juncker “underlined” the fact that the Dutch voted for Europe and against extremism, Schinas said. The Commission published Juncker’s letter of congratulations to the Dutch leader ahead of the midday briefing.

The Commission also announced it will launch a new humanitarian program in cooperation with UNICEF to give about 230,000 refugee children access to school in Turkey.

The announcement comes ahead of the one-year anniversary of the EU-Turkey migration deal, which includes €3 billion in funding from the EU and its member countries for 2016-2017 to provide assistance to refugees and host communities in Turkey.

There is no Plan B if the deal falls apart, as Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has warned it might.

“From our side, we remain committed to the implementation of the EU-Turkey statement,” Schinas said. The EU-Turkey deal is based on “mutual trust” and benefits all parties, including refugees, he said.

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Asked by a Bulgarian reporter whether there had been “an influx” of migrants and refugees to Bulgaria from Turkey in recent days, Schinas said he was “not aware” of any.

The Commission also “took note” of the European Parliament’s Transport and Tourism Committee’s resolution on the controversial German road toll program that could discriminate against foreign drivers, saying talks with Berlin on the issue are ongoing.