Usernamealreadyinuse@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoThe Netherlands will withdraw from 2026 Eurovision if Israel is allowed to competenltimes.nlexternal-linkmessage-square112linkfedilinkarrow-up11.14Karrow-down116
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minus-squareiglou@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·6 months agoBecause Eurovision doesn’t have “Must be a european country” as a rule
minus-square8uurg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·6 months agoInstead the rule is: must be a member of the European Broadcasting Union, which is notably different from Europe or EU: some African countries are members too.
minus-squareGhoelian@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 months agoIt’s because they’re part of the EBU (not sure why though, the E here also stands for European). I think that’s the actual qualification for entry.
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoThe E in EBC is basically as relevant as the E in European Article Number (EAN) which are used globally.
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Because Eurovision doesn’t have “Must be a european country” as a rule
Instead the rule is: must be a member of the European Broadcasting Union, which is notably different from Europe or EU: some African countries are members too.
It’s because they’re part of the EBU (not sure why though, the E here also stands for European). I think that’s the actual qualification for entry.
The E in EBC is basically as relevant as the E in European Article Number (EAN) which are used globally.