Situationen i Gaza anges som skäl när RTVE:s ordförande vill att bojkottförbudet fortsätter.
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Spanien bojkottade även Eurovision 2026 av samma humanitära skäl gällande situationen i Gaza.
RTVE:s ordförande José Pablo López meddelade under tisdagen att han kommer föreslå en fortsatt spansk bojkott av Eurovision för public service-bolagets styrelse.
López säger att situationen i Gaza fortfarande är ”mycket komplicerad” och att den humanitära tragedin gör det omöjligt att bevittna lidandet ”utan ett bestämt och starkt fördömande”.
Spanien bojkottade Eurovision 2026 av samma skäl.
Beklagar kritiken
Eurovisions högsta chef, Michael Green, skriver i ett uttalande att han beklagar utvecklingen:
”Vi har sett rekommendationen om att Spanien inte återvänder till Eurovision song contest 2027. Vi respekterar RTVE:s process och avvaktar deras styrelses definitiva beslut”
Green skriver vidare att man ”lyssnat noga” på kritiken mot programmet, att man skärpt reglerna för hur man får uttrycka sig i programmet och höjt säkerheten. Green beklagar att Spanien trots detta nu riskerar att utebli.
Eurovision song contest 2027 anordnas i Bulgarien.
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