Overview
- Berlin’s Landessportbund submitted more than 28,000 paper signatures, surpassing the 20,000 required to compel Abgeordnetenhaus consideration.
- The petition links a potential bid to five goals: more sports lessons, daily movement in childcare and schools, refurbished facilities, volunteer support, and a grassroots-sport fund.
- Election officials will verify the signatures within about two weeks before the initiative heads to specialist committees and a hearing.
- If lawmakers decline to back the initiative, supporters could seek 175,000 signatures to enable a possible referendum.
- Opponents with the NOlympia Berlin campaign are preparing a counter-initiative, while the DOSB plans to pick Germany’s candidate on September 26, 2026, with the target Games year still open.