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PARIS, April 13 (Xinhua) -- Paris council voted in favor of supporting the French capital city's bid for the 2024 Olympic Games here Monday morning.
After the City Hall of 163 councilors giving its backing to mayor Anne Hidalgo's resolution, Paris moved a decisive step toward officially announcing a
bid with most political obstacles having been tackled.
"This is an historical vote which marks an important moment of our collective life," said the female mayor. "Now we're off on an Olympic adventure."
French president Francois Hollande expressed his support on the idea of Paris bidding for the Games five months ago.
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Hidalgo, who was reticent for a long time Marc-Andre ter Stegen World Cup Jersey , has in recent months come round to agree that Paris should host the grand event exactly 100 years after it last
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She said on Monday that a new feasibility study, the Islamist attacks in the city in January, and the likely contribution of 1.8 billion euros from the
International Olympic Committee had changed her mind.
Her resolution approved Monday says the bid should be led by athletes and would benefit the country's struggling economy.
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