Its vote on whether it would be allowed to participate in its competition was canceled after the “developments” in the Middle East and the ceasefire agreement in Gaza.
Austria had asked countries not to boycott the next year’s competition, which is expected to take place in Vienna due to Israel’s participation and concerns about the two -year conflict in Gaza.
Eurovision, which highlights its political neutrality, if Israel participated.
Austria’s state television network, ORF, which will host the 2026 competition, told Reuters that it welcomes the EBU decision.
“The Council has agreed to integrate the issue on the agenda of the scheduled winter General Assembly, which will take place in December,” instead of an emergency meeting, which was to take place online in November, he said in an EBU statement.
In addition, it is noted that after the “recent developments in the Middle East”, the Executive Board today agreed that there should be a debate in person “on the issue of participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026”.
EBU did not clarify, in a question by Reuters, whether a vote on Israeli Kan network will take place, stating that further details on the meeting will be made public in the coming weeks.
