The only leverage he had was to threaten to pull out of the competition.
Instead, by announcing that he won’t, before even commencing discussions, demonstrates that that this is just a penurious public relations exercise.
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RTÉ Director General Kevin Bakhurst says RTÉ “absolutely” won’t be pulling out of Eurovision regardless of the outcome of discussions with the EBU in relation to Israel’s participation this year.
“We need to have further discussion given the level of public concern,” he says.
