Premiership of Tony Blair which was an agreement to increase British contributions to the EU Development Budget for new member countries, which effectively reduced the UK rebate by 20% . On 6 July 2005, during the 117th International Olympic Committee (IOC) session in Singapore, the IOC announced that the 2012 Summer Olympics, the Games of the XXX Olympiad, were awarded to London over Paris by only four votes. The competition between Paris and London to host the Games had become increasingly heated particularly after French President Jacques Chirac commented three days before the vote that "one cannot trust people [ie: the British] whose cuisine
134th IOC Session take place in a country which has a candidate for Olympic Games which are awarded at the session. The host city of the 2026 Winter Olympics will be elected at the 134th IOC Session. Bids must be submitted to the IOC in 2018. The host city of the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics will be elected at the 134th IOC Session. In addition to electing the host city of the 2026 Winter Olympics and the host city of the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics, ten new IOC members will also be elected during the session. 134th IOC Session The 134th IOC Session