This week is crucial for the project Olympic bid of the Rhine-Ruhr region Residents of 17 municipalities are being consulted on whether they support the project. Citizens of Kiel will also vote on Sunday regarding their municipality's participation in the sailing events.
« We hope that the enthusiasm for sport that we have seen for weeks along the Rhine and the Ruhr, as well as on the shores of the Baltic Sea, will translate into high voter turnoutThis would demonstrate once again how deeply the idea of the Olympic and Paralympic Games resonates with the German people. Thomas Weikert confides, the president of DOSB. We want to show the international sporting world that It is not just one city that wants to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games., but all of Germany. »
« The success of the vote in Munich naturally gave new impetus to the entire process. It demonstrated that referendums on the organization of the Olympic and Paralympic Games can indeed be won. Munich was the first successful referendum to the world on the Summer Games. It was, and remains, crucial in our process that sport, politics and business speak with one voice and focus on the opportunities that the application itself creates for many sectors Company " the leader emphasizes, hoping a result as clear as in Munich.
« As everyone knows, The most important elections are decided in the final sprintI therefore hope that the citizens of North Rhine-Westphalia and Kiel will exercise their right to vote and cast their ballots in large numbers in the days remaining before Sunday. " he concluded. The answer will come soon.
