Overview

• The extraordinary General Assembly meeting will be held online in early November, according to an EBU letter to directors general.
• The vote could lead to the exclusion of Israeli public broadcaster KAN from next year’s contest.
• Public broadcasters in Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland, Iceland and Slovenia have said they would withdraw if Israel competes.
• EBU president Delphine Ernotte Cunci said the union is confronting an unprecedented diversity of views among members.
• Host broadcaster ORF said the Vienna event will proceed irrespective of participation numbers, following recent protests in Malmö and Basel.