At the weekend the Greens narrowly voted in favour of a motion calling the bid plans “anything but ecologically exemplary”.
“The chances of Munich 2018 victory will not suffer from this negative attitude shown by a narrow majority of an opposition party,” read a statement by German Olympic Sports Federation chief Thomas Bach.
“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 International Olympic Committee Vice President.
The Munich chapter of the Green Party defied its leadership though and said it is behind the city bid.
