Chain MTV Canceling the celebration planned to be held in Paris next November 5 for the European awards European Music Awards (EMA), “as a precaution”, given the situation experienced “at the global level”.
“Given the situation around the world, we regret to inform you that this decision has been taken. Due to the precaution of thousands of employees, MTV EMA 2023 will not continueteam members, artists, fans and partners who traveled from all corners of the world to bring the show to life,” they reported in a statement this Thursday.
The report claims that “world music is celebrated every year” and that, given “recent disruptive events”, “it does not seem like the time for such a celebration”.
“We hope to enjoy these awards again in November 2024”Concludes the press release sent to the media about these awards, which are held in Düsseldorf, Germany, in 2022, in the midst of Russia’s invasion of Ukrainian territory.
Although not quoted verbatim, since the escalation of the conflict between Israel and the Hamas militias, France living in a greater state of alarm, especially after the murder of high school teacher Dominique Bernard, the victim of the stabbing of Russian-Chechen Islamist Mohammed Mogouchkov in Arras last Friday.
French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin hinted: Hamas’ attack on Israel may have inspired this attack He confirmed that “there is a jihadist atmosphere” in the country, where 272 people have died due to Islamist terrorism since 2012.
France, especially the Paris area, has been subjected to a number of fake terrorist threats in recent days; This led, for example, to the evacuation and temporary closure of the Louvre Museum and the Palace of Versailles and the busy Paris train station Gare de Lyon.