Pasqual Maragall, head of the Catalan regional government, has backed Madrid’s bid to host the Games after meeting with Madrid’s Mayor Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon.
Last month Josep Lius Carod Rovira, a Catalan politician, said the Catalan people should not support the bid after claiming the state had tried to prevent the recognition of separate Catalan federations in international sports bodies.
But Carod Rovira later said he regretted suggesting that Catalan should not support Madrid’s bid, reports Gamesbids.com
The mayor said Madrid wants to share the Games with the whole of Spain, including Catalonia.
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