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The Council of the EU puts Peace Facility support for Ukraine at €10.8bn.", "next_step": "Negotiations to follow.", "url": "https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2026/10/26/eu-support-for-ukraine-council-mobilises-49-billion-under-the-european-peace-facility/", "source_id": "council-press", "procedure_ref": null, "related_urls": [], "lead_story": true, "display_order": 184, "package_id": null, "document_date": "2026-10-26T16:45:00.000Z", "published_date": "2026-10-26T16:45:00.000Z", "date_of_effect": null }, { "id": "search-coe-news__acc942db8958", "section": "Migration", "stage_tag": "CoE Report", "headline": "Council of Europe urges states to protect displaced Ukrainians", "summary": "The Council of Europe’s Division on Migration and Refugees has published a paper assessing how temporary protection has upheld the rights of people displaced from Ukraine. It reviews socio-economic rights, asylum, family life and non-discrimination, and national proposals to move people to other residence statuses or voluntary return.", "why_it_matters": "In June 2025 the Council of the EU extended temporary protection for over 4 million Ukrainians until 4 March 2027. The paper says recent trends to reduce and condition support demand renewed commitment to the most vulnerable.", "next_step": "Member states to consider findings.", "url": "https://www.coe.int/en/web/migration-and-refugees/-/temporary-protection-of-people-displaced-from-ukraine-new-thematic-paper-provides-a-human-rights-and-forward-looking-assessment-of-policies-in-europe", "source_id": "search-coe-news", "procedure_ref": null, "related_urls": [], "lead_story": false, "display_order": 185, "package_id": null, "document_date": "2026-10-28T18:34:00.000Z", "published_date": "2026-10-28T18:34:00.000Z", "date_of_effect": null }, { "id": "council-press__60077a5b04eb", "section": "Economy", "stage_tag": "Council Position", "headline": "Council of the EU backs one farm fund on post-2027 CAP", "summary": "The Council of the EU sets its position on the common agricultural policy (CAP): the two CAP funds, for income payments and rural development, would merge into one structure with the same tools. Member states must define an ‘active farmer’, someone doing a minimum of farming, and pay young farmers more.", "why_it_matters": "Agriculture money would join each country’s single EU funding plan, and ‘active farmer’ rules aim to keep payments for people who actually farm. Trade unions, small-farm groups and Green MEPs warn it could remove labour-standards conditions and make support for small and organic farms optional.", "next_step": "Negotiations to follow.", "url": "https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2026/10/26/mff-2028-2034-council-secures-negotiating-position-for-a-strong-and-future-oriented-common-agricultural-policy/", "source_id": "council-press", "procedure_ref": null, "related_urls": [], "lead_story": false, "display_order": 186, "package_id": null, "document_date": "2026-10-26T20:58:00.000Z", "published_date": "2026-10-26T20:58:00.000Z", "date_of_effect": null }, { "id": "search-coe-news__00c6035133c4", "section": "Society", "stage_tag": "CoE Report", "headline": "CoE Congress urges action to reverse rising school absenteeism", "summary": "The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe (CoE) voted on a report on school absenteeism, which it says has risen substantially in many countries since the pandemic. It calls for a common European definition, systematic attendance records and early-warning systems for pupils at risk.", "why_it_matters": "Persistent absence raises the risk of early school leaving, unemployment and social exclusion, and a common definition would let countries compare trends. Authorities are asked to coordinate support for pupils facing bullying, poverty or illness.", "next_step": "Member states to consider findings.", "url": "https://www.coe.int/en/web/congress/-/congress-to-vote-on-plans-to-defuse-europe-s-ticking-timebomb-of-school-absenteeism", "source_id": "search-coe-news", "procedure_ref": null, "related_urls": [], "lead_story": false, "display_order": 188, "package_id": null, "document_date": "2026-10-28T08:00:00.000Z", "published_date": "2026-10-28T08:00:00.000Z", "date_of_effect": null }, { "id": "search-coe-news__47d7698cb73f", "section": "Human Rights", "stage_tag": "ECRI REPORT", "headline": "ECRI says Czech Roma children are still segregated in schools", "summary": "The Council of Europe’s European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) says Roma children in Czechia are still over-represented in special education for pupils with learning disabilities: 15% of Roma pupils in 2022, against 2.5% of all pupils. It also finds frequent hate speech against Roma and LGBTI people.", "why_it_matters": "Roma school segregation is widespread: the EU Fundamental Rights Agency found 46% of Roma and Traveller children in 13 countries attend mostly Roma schools. Slovakia was taken to the EU Court over it in 2023, and Czechia got a further formal notice in 2024.", "next_step": "Member state to implement recommendations.", "url": "https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/-/concerns-about-racist-and-anti-lgtbi-hate-speech-and-roma-school-segregation-in-czechia-despite-progress", "source_id": "search-coe-news", "procedure_ref": null, "related_urls": [], "lead_story": false, "display_order": 189, "package_id": null, "document_date": "2026-10-27T11:15:00.000Z", "published_date": "2026-10-27T11:15:00.000Z", "date_of_effect": null } ], "upcoming": [ { "id": "cjeu-judicial-calendar__73176e7c5e95", "stage_tag": "AG Opinion (Upcoming)", "title": "Advocate General's Opinion — C-250/25: Like Company", "url": "https://infocuria.curia.europa.eu/tabs/affair?lang=en&publishedId=C-250%2F25", "document_date": "2026-11-03T09:30:00.000Z", "procedure_ref": "C-250/25" }, { "id": "cjeu-judicial-calendar__8d40906f7b8e", "stage_tag": "CJEU Judgment (Upcoming)", "title": "Delivery of judgment — C-583/24: Tagu", "url": "https://infocuria.curia.europa.eu/tabs/affair?lang=en&publishedId=C-583%2F24", "document_date": "2026-11-03T09:30:00.000Z", "procedure_ref": "C-583/24" }, { "id": "cjeu-judicial-calendar__1e3d24530ce3", "stage_tag": "CJEU Judgment (Upcoming)", "title": "Delivery of judgment — T-98/25: YAFA Poseidon v CINEA", "url": "https://infocuria.curia.europa.eu/tabs/affair?lang=en&publishedId=T-98%2F25", "document_date": "2026-11-04T09:30:00.000Z", "procedure_ref": "T-98/25" }, { "id": "cjeu-judicial-calendar__bbadc4603fda", "stage_tag": "CJEU Judgment (Upcoming)", "title": "Delivery of judgment — T-119/25: Le Sac v EUIPO - Asunción ( Le SAC OUTLET)", "url": "https://infocuria.curia.europa.eu/tabs/affair?lang=en&publishedId=T-119%2F25", "document_date": "2026-11-04T09:30:00.000Z", "procedure_ref": "T-119/25" }, { "id": "cjeu-judicial-calendar__3ac9992ebf5c", "stage_tag": "CJEU Judgment (Upcoming)", "title": "Delivery of judgment — T-428/23: ABN AMRO Bank and ABN AMRO Hypotheken Groep v CRU", "url": "https://infocuria.curia.europa.eu/tabs/affair?lang=en&publishedId=T-428%2F23", "document_date": "2026-11-04T09:30:00.000Z", "procedure_ref": "T-428/23" }, { "id": "cjeu-judicial-calendar__1673dbe6779d", "stage_tag": "CJEU Judgment (Upcoming)", "title": "Delivery of judgment — T-468/25: Victron Energy v EUIPO - Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMV)", "url": "https://infocuria.curia.europa.eu/tabs/affair?lang=en&publishedId=T-468%2F25", "document_date": "2026-11-04T09:30:00.000Z", "procedure_ref": "T-468/25" }, { "id": "cjeu-judicial-calendar__d3005ba8900f", "stage_tag": "CJEU Judgment (Upcoming)", "title": "Delivery of judgment — T-493/25: EM Microelectronic-Marin v EUIPO - O2 Worldwide (EM | BLEU)", "url": "https://infocuria.curia.europa.eu/tabs/affair?lang=en&publishedId=T-493%2F25", "document_date": "2026-11-04T09:30:00.000Z", "procedure_ref": "T-493/25" }, { "id": "cjeu-judicial-calendar__d8bbba921b35", "stage_tag": "CJEU Judgment (Upcoming)", "title": "Delivery of judgment — T-503/24: Antidote Europe v Commission", "url": "https://infocuria.curia.europa.eu/tabs/affair?lang=en&publishedId=T-503%2F24", "document_date": "2026-11-04T09:30:00.000Z", "procedure_ref": "T-503/24" }, { "id": "cjeu-judicial-calendar__009f50611e74", "stage_tag": "CJEU Judgment (Upcoming)", "title": "Delivery of judgment — T-535/24: Russian Maritime Register of Shipping v Council", "url": "https://infocuria.curia.europa.eu/tabs/affair?lang=en&publishedId=T-535%2F24", "document_date": "2026-11-04T09:30:00.000Z", "procedure_ref": "T-535/24" }, { "id": "cjeu-judicial-calendar__f8ab15d22d3c", "stage_tag": "CJEU Judgment (Upcoming)", "title": "Delivery of judgment — T-680/25: Mercedes Benz", "url": "https://infocuria.curia.europa.eu/tabs/affair?lang=en&publishedId=T-680%2F25", "document_date": "2026-11-04T09:30:00.000Z", "procedure_ref": "T-680/25" } ] }