TES Discuss : Eurovision 2025 Host city options - Geneva - That Eurovision SIte

Ahead of the decision about the host city for Eurovision 2025 being made, Euan and Jonathan get together to discuss the pros and cons of Geneva as a host city for the contest.
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In my opinion, the fact that Geneva and Basel remained in the running as candidate cities to host the Eurovision Song 2025 is also due to the fact that both cities are hubs of EasyJet, which is the official airline and sponsor of the event. Zurich is the hub of Swiss International Airlines, and EasyJet operates very few flights and destinations there.
Let's say that the Swiss organisers were also lucky enough to be able to benefit from excuses, for the exclusion of Bern and Zurich, in the possibility, as announced by political parties, of a referendum being launched against the allocation of public funds to support the event.
This was certainly a gift from the political parties to the EBU, thus benefiting the 2 most suitable candidates to one of the main sponsors.
At this point, and I tell you this as a Swiss, I don't know which of the 2 cities is the best to host the event. In my opinion, Basel has an advantage over Geneva.
The city borders France and Germany, and the railway routes between northern and southern Europe almost all pass through Basel.
It can easily be reached from all over Switzerland in a maximum of two to three hours, unlike Geneva, which is in the far west and not easily accessible, except by plane or long car or train journeys.
Furthermore, this will be the third time that Switzerland will host the Eurovision song contest.
1956, first edition and my city, Lugano (Swiss Italian speaking city).
1989, Lausanne (French-speaking Swiss city).
The time has now come for the event to be hosted in a German-speaking city, as this language is also spoken by the majority, 65% of the nation's population.
Last but not least, Geneva is an international city, with the major world organizations, the United Nations, the Red Cross and another hundred organizations.
If the demonstration were to take place in Geneva, it would be held no more than 100 meters as the crow flies from the EBU headquarters, and given what happened in Malmö, with the demonstrations against and in favor of Israel, the disqualification of the Dutch representative and all the controversies that have occurred, I don't think, if something similar were to happen again in the 2025 edition, that the EBU, despite celebrating their 75th anniversary, would want to risk finding thousands of angry people outside their headquarters.
Therefore, now it is the task of Switzerland (as its role requires) to relaunch this event, giving it back credit, community spirit, joy, light-heartedness and unconditional love for everyone and this in every area, race, religion, sexual orientation, and various diversities .
I think Basel is the good compromise, far from international organisations, and therefore less subject to possible demonstrations, in the center of Europe and easily accessible, a very beautiful and picturesque town bordering 2 large nations which could help it host many Eurofans, making also so that anyone, given the Swiss costs, can afford to go and live the Eurovision experience.