Budapest Olympic bid on last legs as mayor to seek government guidance

A hostess poses with Hungary's Olympic logo at a promotional spot as the Hungarian capital bids for the 2024 Olympic Games, in central Budapest, Hungary January 31, 2017. Picture taken January 31, 2017. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Budapest's mayor will tell the government that political unity over the city's bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics has broken down, according to a council resolution widely seen as the first step to it pulling its candidacy.

Under the resolution seen by Reuters and being put to the City Council on Wednesday, Budapast Mayor Istvan Tarlos will ask the government to "clarify whether, as national unity ended, there is any point in sustaining Budapest's candidacy."