Overview
- Voters will answer a yes-or-no question on whether the German Olympic Sports Confederation should submit a joint bid with Hamburg for future Olympic and Paralympic Games.
- Mayor Peter Tschentscher said he expects a majority in favor and highlighted lessons from Paris as the city hosts Paris’s vice mayor for sport, Pierre Rabadan.
- Rabadan described Paris 2024 as a success and offered to share experience with Hamburg, citing river swimming in the Seine as a legacy example.
- Opposition group NOlympia released a brochure against hosting and will seek 10,000 signatures from late January to include its arguments in official referendum materials.
- Munich has already voted to pursue a bid, North Rhine–Westphalia plans a late April vote, Berlin currently plans none, and the DOSB aims to select a national candidate in the autumn.