After last night’s industrial action during the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, the socialist trade union ACOD informed VRT NWS that new actions for the final tomorrow evening are not excluded. In the meantime, many reactions have been received about the pancarte.
Just before and after the live broadcast from Malmö on VRT1, a message from the socialist trade union ACOD was shown for a few seconds. “We condemn the violations of human rights by the State of Israel,” it said on the screen. (see also photo above) ‘Moreover, the State of Israel is destroying freedom of the press. That’s why we pause the image for a moment.’
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The VRT itself had been informed in advance. Unions have the right to protest in such ways. ‘Doing nothing, just watching, is no longer an option’, the union writes on Facebook. ‘Unfortunately, EBU made the Israeli entry possible and that is why we have decided to interrupt the broadcast.
We hope with this to send a signal to the Israeli government to stop the fighting and the killings, to allow international observers and press in and to come to the table for a negotiated solution.’
The union informed VRT NWS that: new actions for the final, which will be broadcast tomorrow evening, cannot be ruled out. More about this is not known at the time of publication.
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Various foreign media also reported about the action, including the German newspaper Bild and the Irish newspaper The Irish Mirror. It is certain that the dust on this matter has not yet settled.
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