Opposed on everything, Vox and Sumar want a World Cup without Morocco
Vox and Sumar, situated at opposite extremes of Spanish politics, are separately calling for Morocco’s participation in the 2030 World Cup to be reconsidered. The Ceuta crisis provides them with opposing arguments for reaching the same conclusion.
They have neither consulted nor allied with each other. Yet Vox’s far right and Sumar’s left now defend the same demand: Spain should no longer host the 2030 World Cup with Morocco.
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Vox has submitted a non-binding proposal to Congress calling on the Spanish government to seek a revision of the joint bid with Morocco and Portugal.
Santiago Abascal’s party says that the events of 30 and 31 July in Ceuta destroyed the trust necessary to organize a competition of this importance.
It accuses Rabat of instrumentalizing immigration and believes that Morocco can no longer be considered a “loyal partner,” reports Cadena SER.
Vox also opposes holding the final in Morocco. The party would consider choosing Casablanca over a Spanish city an additional humiliation for Spain.
The same demand for opposing reasons
Sumar had presented its own initiative before Vox’s. The left-wing group is calling on the government to abandon plans to organize the World Cup with Morocco and to advocate to FIFA for a competition involving only Spain and Portugal.
Its motivations, however, are very different. Sumar cites human rights, Western Sahara and the alleged use of vulnerable migrants for political pressure.
Podemos, which now sits separately from Sumar, also supports Morocco’s exclusion.
This convergence remains limited. Vox emphasizes borders, Spanish sovereignty and Spain’s place in the competition. The radical left focuses its criticism on Moroccan policy and human rights.
These initiatives do not directly call the organization of the World Cup into question. They do not oblige either the Spanish government or FIFA to modify the bid awarded to Morocco, Spain and Portugal.
Pedro Sánchez’s government continues to support the joint project, while defending the organization of the final in Spain.
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The Ceuta crisis has nevertheless pushed the Spanish debate across a new threshold. After criticism of the place given to Morocco and the battle over the final, several parties are no longer merely calling for its role to be limited: they now want to remove it completely from the 2030 World Cup.
