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Following reports that a number of residents of Garmisch-Partenkirchen have moved to stage a referendum on whether the town should host the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, the Munich 2018 Bid Committee has issued the following statement: We are convinced that the overwhelming majority of
MUNICH 2018 REACTION TO POTENTIAL REFERENDUM IN GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN
Following reports that a number of residents of Garmisch-Partenkirchen have moved to stage a referendum on whether the town should host the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, the Munich 2018 Bid Committee has issued the following statement:
We are convinced that the overwhelming majority of the population is behind the bid and opinion polls corroborate this. Our latest regional polls indicated that almost two thirds of people in Garmisch-Partenkirchen are in favour of hosting the 2018 Winter Games.
Referenda are an important political instrument in any open and sophisticated democracy like Germany. There was a referendum organised during the IOC Evaluation Commission's visit to Vancouver and they went on to stage a memorable Winter Games with the full backing of millions of passionate fans.
