ESC in Vienna: Söder Questions German Participation

"When I now experience how there is also a discussion in Europe about boycotting the ESC, the European Song Contest, because Israel is participating. Friends, if they don't want it, then we just won't do it either. We never win anyway, we just have to pay for everything," said Bavaria's Prime Minister in his keynote speech at the party congress of the conservative CSU in Munich.

Söder was responding to the announcement by several countries that they do not want to participate in the ESC because Israel is allowed to participate. "We stand with Israel," said the head of the Bavarian Union party.

Several countries boycott ESC

Due to a possible participation of Israel, Iceland recently announced that it would boycott the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Austria. Previously, the responsible broadcasters from Spain, Ireland, Slovenia, and the Netherlands had already announced an ESC boycott.

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(APA/Red)

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