Berlin Is Applying for Olympia: Landessportbund Examines the Introduction of a Popular Initiative

Who is allowed to race as a German candidate for Olympic Summer Games? Four cities and regions are applying as hosts. What do Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and the Rhine-Ruhr region want to score points with?

The capital, together with four federal states, is applying for Olympic Games. Now there are first plans where the competitions would take place.

Berlin wants to bring Olympic Games and Paralympics to Germany for the first time since 1972. Even before the start of the application it becomes clear that Olympia should become a universal problem solver for many abuses. In the past this alone did not convince.

On Tuesday the Senate wants to decide on Berlin's application for the Olympic Games. The state sports federation organizes support, opponents threaten with a referendum.

The CDU parliamentary group in the Brandenburg state parliament has welcomed the joint Olympic bid by the states of Berlin, Schleswig-Holstein, Saxony, and Brandenburg. The party is particularly positive about the plans to use the Beetzsee regatta course in Brandenburg an der Havel as a competition venue, as sports policy spokesperson Kristy Augustin announced on Tuesday. Augustin emphasized that Brandenburg, as a sports state with growing club …

The Berlin application for Olympic Games is picking up more and more momentum. In addition to politics, a sporting initiative is now also triggering the advertising drum – with the help of Berlin Olympic champions.