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“We love music. That’s what I can say,” said a Commission spokesperson trying to dodge a question earlier this week on whether the EU executive has a personal favourite for the final. Even if the Commission hasn’t taken a stand, the competition entries – which were watched by more than 162 million of people last year – appear to be nodding increasingly towards Brussels, with some songs even referring more or less explicitly to the EU. This is the clearly the case of ‘Europapa’ brought on the stage by the Dutch singer Joost Klein – an evidently pro-European song that has already won the hearts …