A new step towards the return of the Games to German soil. On December 4, a memorandum of understanding will be signed by Chancellor Friedrich Merz, the president of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB), Thomas Weikert, the minister-presidents of Bavaria and North Rhine-Westphalia, Markus Söder (CSU) and Hendrik Wüst (CDU), the mayor-governor of Berlin, Kai Wegner (CDU), the first mayor of Hamburg, Peter Tschentscher (SPD), and the mayor of Munich, Dieter Reiter (SPD).
This agreement will allow us to affirm the support from the federal government to this project. We welcome the fact that the German government has reaffirmed that the bid for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, already included in the coalition agreement, constitutes its priority objective in sports policyIn the coming weeks, we will take important steps, together with political decision-makers, towards launching our candidacy for the 2036-2044 period. " said Thomas Weikert. Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and the Rhine-Ruhr region are in contention, but the German Olympic Movement will designate its champion next year.
