Govt: Israel’s Eurovision participation is for EBU to decide

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Cabinet minister Alison McGovern says the rules of the Eurovision Song Contest and how it’s operated is for the European Broadcast Union (EBU) to decide, adding that “governments try not to interfere”. It comes as broadcasters from Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands and Slovenia say they will pull out of Eurovision 2026 due to Israel’s participation. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Well, just on Eurovision specifically, Eurovision is run by the European Broadcasting Union

00:06and the rules of the competition and how it's operated is for them.

00:10Governments try not to interfere in that sort of thing, so that's one for them.

00:15On a general level, I'm not a massive Eurovision nerd myself, but when Eurovision came to Liverpool

00:21it was great fun and everyone really enjoyed themselves.

00:23So I'm sorry that this has happened because we really want Eurovision to be that fun, enjoyable thing for everybody.

00:31But the rules and who participates and how, that's for the EBU in the first instance.

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