Eurovision EU flag ban was ‘mind-blowing’, says European Commission

British Eurovision fans arrive for the grand final in Malmӧ: national flags were permitted inside but the broadcaster banned the EU flag due to ‘heightened geopolitical tensions’.British Eurovision fans arrive for the grand final in Malmӧ: national flags were permitted inside but the broadcaster banned the EU flag due to ‘heightened geopolitical tensions’.organisers to ban audience members from waving the EU flag at Saturday’s grand final in Sweden as “completely regrettable” and “mind-blowing”.

Eurovision “is first and foremost a celebration of European spirit, of our European diversity and talent”, Schinas wrote on X. “The EU flag is a symbol of this. Less than a month to the European elections, there should be no obstacles, big or small, to celebrating what unites all Europeans.

“As the EU flag is banned from Eurovision, people risk being beaten to demand a European path for Georgia,” Verhofstadt wrote on X. “Freedom, democracy can never be taken for granted!” “Due to heightened geopolitical tensions, the flag policy was more rigorously enforced by security at this year’s event. We will look again at the flag policy for 2025 in conjunction with our new host broadcaster.” The broadcaster next year will be Switzerland’s SRG SSR.

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