🇩🇪 Germany: Chancellor Friedrich Merz Supports Withdrawal from Eurovision 2026 if Israel is Excluded
https://eurovoix.com/2025/10/07/germany-chancellor-friedrich-merz-confirms-germanys-potential-withdrawal-from-eurovision-2026-if-israel-is-excluded/
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30p87@feddit.org · 12 pts · 306d
Note: if excluded
Speiser0@feddit.org · 12 pts · 306d
The ARD is not directly controlled by the german government. How relevant is the opinion of Merz?
golli@sopuli.xyz · 13 pts · 306d
Well, the head of ARD is Christine Strobl, daugther of Wolfgang Schäuble, who used to be a very prominent member of the party and minister. So while the public broadcast is indeed formally independent, i am sure those in charge frequent the same circles.
PixeIOrange@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 305d
Sure?
SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 306d
Why is Israel in everything European anyways. Their clubs play in the champions league too.
suff@piefed.social · 7 pts · 306d
Eurovision is some TV company. Australia is "in it" too.
ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 305d
Wanker
mannycalavera@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 305d
Any more context on that? 🤣
ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com · 6 pts · 305d
Merz, he is a wanker
Korne127@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 299d
Literally translated German insult
magnetosphere@fedia.io · 3 pts · 306d
Okay
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space · 1 pts · 306d
The German constitution would strongly suggest this. It defines the security of Israel as Germany’s primary reason for existing.
Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 305d
The german costitution doesnt mention israel. I think you are confusing this with conservative verbalizations of the staatsräson.
magnetosphere@fedia.io · 2 pts · 305d
Please, elaborate. I’m imagining that lots of people (myself included) don’t know a lot about that.
Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 304d
Staatsräson= the reason a state exists, basically.
When you look for the english version of the wikipedia article it gives you "national interest", but i dont think they are quite the same. national interest seems to be thrown around far more flippantly in us politics, while staatsräson is invoked only rarely in german politics. For those who do, it refers to a (mostly) unchanging base of the german state. It is however not a part of the constitution or any german law, and can therefore not be enforced.
Both adenauer (first chancellor of west germany) and merkel named israels safety as part of the staatsräson. After the attack of the 7. october, olaf scholz (chancellor until '24) even called it the staatsräson.
After the recent limitations of weapon exports to israel (falsely called waffenstopp), current chancellor merz commented that it doesnt make a lot of sense to make another nation your staatsräson.
guyjantic@infosec.exchange · -1 pts · 306d
@mannycalavera bye.