and the Palestinian flag. The guidelines were developed by SRC SSR in cooperation with the Geneva-based European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to create a "balanced approach" for both audience members ...

Ahead of the final, a spokesperson for the European Broadcasting Union that runs the show said ticket holders are only allowed to bring and display flags representing participating countries ...

Yet the flag was only adopted to represent what were then the European Communities in 1985, and it only lodged in the public mind as the European Union’s primary symbol in the 21st century.