Munich 2018 plays down Greens rejection 23/11/2010 |
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German Olympic Sports Federation (DOSB) chief Thomas Bach has insisted that Munich’s bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics will not be affected by a surprise rejection by the Greens, the country's third-biggest political party.
The Greens, in opposition but rising in opinion polls, narrowly voted at the weekend for a motion that called the Munich plans "anything but ecologically exemplary".
Munich's candidacy, which is up against South Korea's Pyeongchang and France's Annecy, has already received the official backing of the German Government ahead of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) vote in July next year.
"The chances of a Munich 2018 victory will not suffer from this negative attitude shown by a narrow majority of an opposition party," Bach said.
"Internationally, it is recognised that this concept is 'the best and ecologically most sustainable concept that has ever existed', as Winfried Hermann, sports spokesperson of the Green Party put it in his speech at the convention," added Bach, who is also an IOC vice-president.
The DOSB is the country's umbrella sports organisation.
"The time and process of the debate on this comprehensive and complex project, which was scheduled for only a few minutes, clearly show that this was not a democratic debate or consideration of factual issues. Instead, it appears to be a rejection based on political motives," continued Bach.
But the Greens reacted strongly to Bach's comments.
"These comments for a decision of the party against the 2018 bid are more than outrageous and show a lack of understanding for democratic procedures," said Dieter Janecek, chairman of the Greens in Bavaria.
"And it is the head of an opaque organisation [DOSB] that bristles with commercial interweaving who questions the decisions of a democratically organised party.”
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