Sebastian Kurz, 31, has joined leaders from Eastern and Central Europe in pushing back against the scheme, which was designed to help Italy and Greece deal with hundreds of thousands of new arrivals.
EU president Donald Tusk has also spoken out against the quotas, but Germany - the bloc's most influential country - has backed it.
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