In today's Sunday Crunch:
- U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer's chief of staff Morgan McSweeney resigned this afternoon, taking "full responsibility" for advising the PM to appoint Peter Mandelson as U.S. ambassador.
More on the story here 👇
🇬🇧 Royaume-Uni: le chef de cabinet du Premier ministre Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney, a annoncé dimanche sa démission pour avoir "conseillé" au chef du gouvernement de nommer Peter Mandelson ambassadeur à Washington malgré ses liens connus avec le criminel sexuel Jeffrey Epstein.
Une fin d’année pleine de douceurs 🤤
Kicking off the #Christmas season with a British classic 🤤
Après avoir qualifié l’action d’Israel de genocide, Amnesty international dénonce dans un rapport les crimes contre l’humanité du Hamas. Message : dénoncer les violations du droit d’où qu’elles viennent. Ma chronique Géopolitique du 7/11 @franceinter www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...
The list of countries saying they’d pull out is changing from one media outlet to another it’s annoying. Can’t know who’s really threatening to leave or who just hinted it…
Honest work! 💪
Serving basic #eurovision fangirl 💅
🇪🇸 #Spain: RTVE Considers Rule Changes Insufficient & Maintains Position on Israel's #Eurovision Participation eurovoix.com/2025/11/27/s...
🇸🇮 RTVSLO's 2026 draft production plan makes no mention of #Eurovision or related projects.
The plan outlines EBU cooperation in several areas including content exchange, expert participation in integration projects, and knowledge sharing within working bodies.
🇱🇻 Here you can listen to the songs competing in Supernova 2026. All songs will be added once released.
🟢 Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/4Y3...
🔴 YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
The audacity 🤣
To jest #Polska! 🇵🇱🇪🇺
Macron implore, le socle commun implose. Après Retailleau, Philippe et même l’UDI pourraient sécher les négos de Lecornu.
A découvrir dans Playbook Paris, par @anthonylattier.bsky.social.
The #Lecornu government has achieved the remarkable achievement of being the shortest-lived government in French history. Three weeks to form, 12hrs to resign.
A history that spans a thousand years btw…
"La gauche la plus bête du monde" ?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
For the #datanerds, here you go:
data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?pg=0&snb...
One of the lowest union membership rates in Europe yet a culture of social fights and strikes mobilizing the mass 🔍
www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decod...
🇫🇷 Journée de mobilisation sociale en #France : sur fond d'unité syndicale et de climat d'exaspération dans le pays, jusqu'à 900.000 manifestants sont attendus par les autorités.
🔴 Suivez la situation en direct avec notre liveblog : https://go.france24.com/e6g
It’s never been about music only just like sport events aren’t just about sports. Cultural events are a projection of Nations identity and as such are inherently political.
The Eurovision Song Contest is facing an “existential” crisis as a growing band of countries threatens to boycott the 2026 edition if Israel is allowed to take part.
EBU be like:
This could be a serious financial loss for the EBU and would force poorer broadcasters into re-considering their participation if the fees are increasing. #Spain public broadcaster leader is also expected to meet with the head of EBU in the coming weeks.
RTVE's Board of Directors has passed a proposal saying Spain will not take part in #Eurovision 2026 if Israel takes part. That would be a first for Spain.
www.larazon.es/television/r...
Petit faux pas du PM cela étant dit LFI aurait probablement refusée une telle invitation 🤷♂️ pas de quoi en faire un drame
Oui d’un point de vue budgétaire c’est pas l’idée du siècle pour les collectivités mais ça n’est pas l’angle choisit par celles ci 😉
This sums up the position of many participants: in public, no criticism and a passive attitude; in private, however, pressure is mounting.
Si même le gouverneur de la Banque de France le suggère 😬
Earlier today, Spanish Culture Minister, Ernest Urtasun, said in an interview that "We must ensure that Israel does not participate in the next edition of Eurovision" and "if we do not succeed, Spain must not participate" in the contest.
www.rtve.es/play/audios/...
