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According to the report, a transparent majority in Berlin rejects the Olympic bid
According to a report, two thirds of Berliners don’t need to assist their metropolis’s Olympic bid. This may have far-reaching penalties.
According to a media report, a big majority of Berliners reject the capital’s utility for the Summer Olympics. According to this, 67 p.c of these surveyed in a consultant Civey survey commissioned by the “Tagesspiegel” are towards an utility for the years 2036, 2040 or 2044. 27 p.c assist the Senate’s plans, six p.c are undecided.
These outcomes are prone to intensify the controversy concerning the Olympic initiative of the black-red state authorities. Especially because the “NOlympia” alliance has introduced a referendum towards an utility that’s scheduled to start out on January 1, 2026.
Four German Olympic candidates
A potential referendum may in all probability happen in 2027 on the earliest – and subsequently solely after the choice of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) on a German candidate metropolis in autumn 2026. This can be a transparent drawback for Berlin, as a result of there’s a danger that town can be awarded first after which there might be a rejection by the inhabitants.
In addition to Berlin, North Rhine-Westphalia, Munich and Hamburg wish to enter the race as German candidates to host the Summer Olympics and Paralympics. The German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) needs to decide in autumn subsequent yr.
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