06/06/2017 (Agence Europe) – The bid by Paris – the only European candidate – to host the 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Games was presented at the meeting of the European Parliament’s sport intergroup on Tuesday 6 June. Parliament President Antonio Tajani argued for the European flag to be carried alongside member states’ national flags at the games. The award of the games will be discussed on 9 June and put to the vote by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lima, Peru, on 13 September. According to a number of media reports, the die has already been cast: Paris will be the host city in 2024 and Los Angeles in 2028. “We have not received any information on that matter. We are awaiting the position of the International Olympic Committee”, said the president of the French International Sports Committee Bernard Lapasset at the presentation in Parliament. (SPj)