* The Council of Paris formalizes its commitment * The City will May 2016 if the IOC retains his candidacy * Hidalgo wants to find a political dynamic (Adds details, quotes, background) PARIS, April 13 (Reuters) – The Council of Paris formalized Monday the commitment of the City for a bid for the 2024 Olympic Games, which launched two years of competition before the designation of the host city. Paris will have his face a partially known competition: Rome, Hamburg and Boston should be candidates, and others time to declare that since the signing of the first official document will take place on 15 September. Ten years after the failure of the bid for the 2012 Games, which saw London ahead of Paris as the French capital approached maturity in favorite, the Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo desired offensive. “We know we have lost three times the Games, the last few years (… ) We know we need to succeed today, conditions are laid, “said she said a few seconds before the vote of elected officials. The vow submitted by the executive was adopted by an overwhelming majority, only environmentalists, who wanted a referendum on the subject, and the Party Left voting against. The city decided “to engage fully in favor of a Paris bid for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2024, “says the text that emphasizes the role of the sports movement as” leader “of the application. More …
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