ROME (AP) — Rome’s bid for the 2024 Olympics is in serious trouble with the city’s new mayor maintaining her opposition to the candidacy.
In her first interview since being elected, Virginia Raggi tells Euronews that the Olympics “is really not a priority for Romans.”
Raggi pointed to spiraling deficits in Olympic cities.
She says, “Already with 13 billion euros ($15 billion) in debt, Rome can’t permit taking on more debt to make cathedrals in the desert.”
Raggi won a runoff Sunday to become Rome’s first female mayor and, at age 37, also its youngest.