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The idea has been floating around 🇮🇹Italy this week that Toto Cutugno should perform Italy's last winning song at next year's #Eurovision2022.
Would be quite a moment, because it's about the 🇪🇺Maastricht Treaty which created the #EuropeanUnion.
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Would be quite a moment, because it's about the 🇪🇺Maastricht Treaty which created the #EuropeanUnion.
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#Insieme1992 (together in 1992, the year the Maastricht Treaty would take effect) is a remarkable reflection of the hope and optimism of the time, winning in 1990 just after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
It is hard to imagine a song like this winning now, or even being allowed.
It is hard to imagine a song like this winning now, or even being allowed.
#Eurovision doesn't allow political songs. This year #Belarus was disqualified because their entry mocked anti-government protests.
It says something that in 1990 a song about uniting Europe into a confederation was not deemed political or contentious. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insieme:_…
It says something that in 1990 a song about uniting Europe into a confederation was not deemed political or contentious. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insieme:_…
