The president of the Generalitat, Pere Aragonès, made arrangements to meet with the former president of the United States Barack Obama, taking advantage of his visit to Barcelona last week for the Bruce Springsteen concert, but "the contacts did not bear fruit," said the Government spokeswoman. , Patrícia Plaja, at a press conference after the meeting of the Executive Council.
Plaja has pointed out that the Government "would have liked" that the president of the Generalitat could have met with Obama, but that the meeting "could not take place" despite the "effort".
The spokeswoman has verified that the visit of the former US president to Barcelona was "private", on the occasion of the Bruce Springsteen concert in the Catalan capital. Plaja has also stressed that the Government made itself available to the US consulate and embassy in case "they needed anything".
Obama and his wife Michelle arrived in Barcelona last Thursday night with the aim of attending The Boss's concert at the Estadi Olímpic, where the former first lady performed as a showgirl. However, in the early hours of Friday they were able to have dinner with the artist and film director Steven Spileberg and his wife, actress Kate Capshaw, at the Amar restaurant at the Palace Hotel and on Friday, the former president and former first lady visited with the filmmaker and its partner the Moco Museum and the Sagrada Família. The same ones that on Saturday, after the concert, visited Montserrat Abbey and greeted the abbot, Manel Gasch.
