EU s first-ever Eurovision song stirs controversy European way of life commissioner and baritone Margaritis Schinas (Photo: ec.europa.eu)
Brussels, Today, 07:04
EU institutions, on Thursday (1 April), unveiled a first-ever and immediately controversial entry into the Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, in May.
The song, called The EU is Alive , is a pop-homage to a hit from the 1965 musical The Sound of Music.
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