The European Commission, disturbed by the veto of the EU flag at Eurovision, wants an explanation

Additionally, several viewers reported: Eurovision organization prevented people from entering Malmö Arena with the European Union flagA situation that provoked the ire of the European Commission. Vice-president Margaritis Schinas expressed his discomfort in his X profile last Saturday.

“Eurovision is, above all, a Celebration of the European spirit, our diversity and talent. The EU flag is the symbol of this. “With less than a month until the European elections, there should be no obstacles, big or small, to celebrating what unites us as Europeans,” he wrote on the social network.

Schinas asked for clarification from EBU

Schinas condemned the ban on the community flag in a letter addressed to Delphine Ernotte Cunci, president of the European Broadcasting Union, and Martin Österdahl, administrative head of the festival at the EBU. “overshadowed” the incident“It should be a happy moment that people in Europe and around the world can celebrate together.”

“Less than a month before the European elections and at a time of geopolitical turbulence in which the European Union is the target of malicious and authoritarian actors, the EBU’s decision is Discrediting a symbol that unites all Europeans” he says in the letter, reminding that the International Olympic Committee will allow European flags at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

“The inconsistency in the EBU’s position makes me and millions of your viewers wonder what or who the Eurovision Song Contest represents,” Schinas adds, before finishing his letter demanding an explanation of what is happening: “I request you to explain the argument behind this.” Make decisions and delegate responsibility when appropriate.

The chief spokesman of the European Commission, Eric Mamer, expressed himself along the same lines in his statements to EFE: “It is sad that the flag that is everyone’s flag is banned Members of the EU and other members of the European Council who take part in the competition and often fly it alongside national flags in public buildings.”