Hungary’s government announce that it would withdraw Budapest’s bid to host the 2024 summer Olympics, citing a lack of political and national unity behind the application, is making highlights on international media.

The decision was made Wednesday at a meeting between the president of the Hungarian Olympic committee Zsolt Borkai, the Budapest mayor Istvan Tarlos and Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

Budapest mayor had suggested the city might quit the race after local opponents of the bid last week submitted a quarter of a million signatures in a petition demanding a local referendum on the issue.

According to a survey published on Wednesday by pollster Median, half of the voters wanted Budapest to withdraw its bid, with only a third supporting it nationally. In Budapest, 56% of voters were against the bid.

After last October’s Rome withdrawl , only two cities – Los Angeles and Paris –  are left to the IOC members choice next September at the IOC Session  in Lima.