The German government said on Wednesday it wants the country to host the 2040 Summer Olympics, choosing a date that avoids the centenary of the edition held in Nazi Germany.
Berlin and several other German states had previously considered a bid for the 2036 Games, 100 years after hosting the 1936 edition, which became known as the Nazi Games.
Chancellor Olaf Schulz's government is eyeing another date.
The federal government favors the year 2040 for sports in Germany -- 50 years after German reunification (1990), said the government, which signed a memorandum of understanding with the German Olympic Sports Federation and interested regions and cities. I)."
Interior Minister Nancy Fazer said in a statement that the anniversary year was an opportunity to show what our liberal democracy is all about.
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Germany, which recently held the men's European soccer championship, was the best host of international sporting events Fizer said.
Fizer added that Germany's bid would use existing sports facilities in various cities -- without building new stadiums for a lot of money.
Among the signatories to the memo were Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Leipzig, and Munich, as well as the regions of North Rhine-Westphalia and Bavaria.
The government said it would support the bid with funding of around seven million euros ($7.6 million) between 2024 and 2027.
Germany's previous experience of hosting the Summer Olympics ended badly.
Germany last hosted the event in Munich in 1972, which was overshadowed by the hostage crisis and subsequent massacre of Israeli athletes.
