Vox calls in Congress for Morocco to be expelled from the 2030 World Cup
El Rigor · 7 de agosto de 2026, 05:31 · 2 min read
Cross-checked in sources from Europa Press
Vox registers initiative to reconfigure 2030 World Cup hosting
Vox has registered a non-binding motion in the Congress of Deputies on Thursday calling on the Spanish government to seek Morocco's expulsion as a host country for the 2030 football World Cup, according to Europa Press. The initiative, tabled by Vox's parliamentary group, also urges the Executive to guarantee that the tournament final is played on Spanish soil.
The proposal, which must be debated in committee or in a plenary session of the Lower House, seeks to reverse the current agreement awarding organisation of the championship to three countries: Spain, Portugal and Morocco. According to the news agency, the text submitted by the party led by Santiago Abascal aims to "throw Morocco out of the World Cup organisation" and ensure the final takes place in Spain.
The registration of the initiative comes at a time when the trinational bid had already been confirmed as host of the event, an agreement reached between the three governments and backed by the football federations involved. Vox's proposal introduces an element of diplomatic confrontation into a matter that, until now, had been managed by institutional consensus between the Spanish government and the other political forces.
Europa Press's report does not include immediate reactions from the government or other parliamentary groups to the initiative, nor additional verbatim statements from Vox spokespeople beyond the content of the registered motion. The news item merely confirms the parliamentary move and its stated objective.
Vox's decision to bring this matter to Congress places the organisation of the 2030 World Cup at the centre of Spanish political debate and raises the question of how the remaining parties will respond to a request that directly affects bilateral relations with Morocco, one of Spain's strategic partners in North Africa. The processing of the non-binding motion will determine whether the initiative garners support or remains confined to the party that tabled it.
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