While Spain’s Culture Minister Ernest Urtasun has called for RTVE to pull out if Israel is included, Ireland’s RTÉ was first to officially declare it would not take part. The Netherlands’ AVROTROS followed on Friday.
Slovenia’s RTVSLO has also informed the EBU that it will not participate under current circumstances. Iceland’s RÚV has signaled its involvement is “uncertain” pending a December decision by the EBU General Assembly.
Posted by dremolus
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Not to be pedantic but weren’t Slovenia first? Feels wrong to not give them the credit for ultimately starting this process
Can they not get together and start another better event?
Only three years too late (to all of them) but I guess better late than never?
Everything aside, why was Israel even included in this event?? They’re not even located in Europe!!
this feels like they were actually paying attention last year bc there were a lot of eu residents calling for a boycott online last year so I’ll just think of this as a win for the people haha
Unless another 20 countries say the same, as long as the uk and germany say they compete the ebu has enough money to not give a damn
Ireland and Spain in particular were a given for this, but am plesantly surprised with each subsequent country that announces the same. Good on each and everyone of them
Love that
They will have to play a clip from Eurovision Song Contest as Iceland’s entry instead
/s