{"id":91052,"date":"2017-02-24T03:19:56","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T08:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=91052"},"modified":"2017-02-24T03:19:56","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T08:19:56","slug":"budapest-to-withdraw-2024-olympic-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/02\/24\/budapest-to-withdraw-2024-olympic-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"Budapest to withdraw 2024 Olympic bid"},"content":{"rendered":"
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According to Budapest Mayor Istvan Tarlos, the city might just quit its bid to host the 2024 Olympics after a petition garnered nearly 250,000 in opposition to the bid.<\/span><\/p>\n

The petition was filed by the Momentum movement, a group formed by young professionals and college students aimed to create an opposition before the end of Prime Minister Viktor Orban in 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n

The decision was made through a meeting with Tarlos, Prime Minister Viktor Orban and the Chairman of the Hungarian Olympic Committee, and announced the decision on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

The petition demands a local referendum to decide on the matter and authorities find this as a lack of political and national unity, thus deciding to entirely withdraw from the bid.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to pollster Median, 56% of Hungarians agree to withdraw the bid in the aftermath of the petition. <\/span><\/p>\n

The International Olympic Committee said in response that it will wait for the official notification from the National Olympic Committee of Hungary. This leaves only two more bidders: Paris and Los Angeles, as Boston, Hamburg and Rome already pulled out. <\/span>
\nThis has been the first act of opposition sighted and recognized since Orban entered office in 2010.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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