• Sports The COE will announce on Tuesday that there will be no joint candidacy for the 2030 Winter Olympics

Despite having almost the entire population of the Pyrenees against it and several political parties, such as the CUP, which supports the Government, or the 'commons', the Generalitat has found its new litany of grievances to complain about the State.

In this case, it is the withdrawal of the candidacy for the Winter Olympic Games that Catalonia and Aragon were to organize jointly and that now seems to be vanishing, pending official confirmation from the Spanish Olympic Committee.

However, and as usual, the Generalitat blamed other administrations for this failure, arguing that it was the statements of the President of the Government of Aragon, Javier Lambán, that prevented the joint candidacy, in addition to attacking the President of the Government Pedro Sánchez for allowing it. .

"From the Government not only have they allowed all outbursts against all Catalans, but they have also ended up bowing to their demands," remarked the spokeswoman for the Government, Patricia Plaja, who assured that "anti-Catalism has won of the President of Aragon".

"Lamban has not wanted to understand with Catalonia and from the Government he has been allowed all outbursts against all Catalans and he has ended up doubling with them," said the spokeswoman.

Despite this, Catalonia wants to present a candidacy on its own to these Winter Olympic Games, without specifying the date, although it could be for 2034: "If the Government transfers and informs the COE of this candidacy, it is because it has been told that it would present this candidacy and the COE has not said no".

Thus, the spokeswoman pointed out that "it would be surprising" if the COE and the Government renounced launching this candidacy alone.

On the other hand, Javier Lambán assured that Aragón has been dreaming of the Winter Olympics for 30 years and "under no circumstances will he give up that dream."

Waiting for the president of the Spanish Olympic Committee, Alejandro Blanco, to make a definitive statement on the joint candidacy between Aragon and Catalonia for the 2030 Winter Games, the president of Aragon recalled that Jaca is the only city in the Pyrenees that has really worked for them forever, and "under no circumstances is he going to give up that dream".

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