Berlin starts large Olympic application with four federal states!

Berlin starts large Olympic application with four federal states!

Berlin, Deutschland - Berlin plans, together with four other federal states, an application for the Olympic Games and Paralympics. The federal states of Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein are involved in the project. The title of the application is "Berlin Plus", and the official presentation will take place next Tuesday in the Berlin Olympic Stadium, as [RBB24] (https://www.rbbb24.de/sport/biebtrag/2025/berlin-plus-lus- olympiawerbung-2036-2040-iris-spranger-.html).

The exact years for the application are currently still unclear. However, Leipzig's mayor Burkhard Jung indicated in the "Leipziger Volkszeitung" that an application for 2040 is being planned. This uncertainty about the year of application could also influence developments in other federal states.

participating state chiefs

When the application is presented, important political representatives will be present. These include:

• Kai Wegner (CDU/Berlin)
• Dietmar Woidke (SPD/Brandenburg)
• Manuela Schwesig (SPD/Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
• Daniel Günther (CDU/Schleswig-Holstein)
• Armin Schuster (CDU/Saxony, Interior Minister for Sport)

In addition, North Rhine-Westphalia plans to present his own application ideas on Wednesday. This makes it clear that several German federal states also compete for the discontinuation of Olympic Games.

application deadlines and procedures

according to Tagesspiegel, applicants must submit refined concepts to the German Olympic Sportbund (DOSB) by the end of May 2025. These concepts will then be checked for fulfillment of the minimum requirements and plausibility by the end of September 2025. Concepts that pass the exam will receive the opportunity to present the DOSB general meeting in late 2025.

The final decision on the German application concept, which could be considered for the Olympic Games, is to be made by autumn 2026 at the latest. This marks an important time frame for the federal states involved and their strategic planning.

historical context

The last Olympic Games in Germany took place in Munich in 1972. Since then there has been no Olympic advertising from Germany at the national level, which underlines the importance of this initiative. Berlin itself will also not carry out a referendum for the Olympic application, as Senator Iris Spranger clarified.