The far-right Spanish party Vox has voiced strong opposition to the agricultural agreement between Morocco and the European Union, cautioning that it could lead to economic losses for Spain amounting to hundreds of millions. Rodrigo Alonso, Vox's spokesperson in the Andalusian parliament and the party's national spokesperson for labor and agriculture, warned that the agreement could cost the Almería region over 600 million euros in the first year alone. Alonso criticized the European Commission, which includes members from the People's Party (PP) and the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), for sidestepping a 2024 European Court of Justice ruling that declared the EU-Morocco trade agreement illegal, just a day before the agreement was set to expire. He further claimed that the increase in exports from Morocco and Western Sahara is having a «very negative impact» on Spanish producers, whose goods are struggling to compete with Moroccan products. The far-right leader cited Eurostat data, highlighting that Morocco has overtaken Almería as a primary supplier to the EU. He noted that imports from Morocco have surged by 42% over the past decade, while Spanish tomato exports to the EU have plummeted by 43%. Alonso called for the annulment of the agreement with Morocco, arguing that Spanish producers face «unfair competition» since Moroccan products allegedly do not meet the environmental, climate, bureaucratic, health, and labor standards that Spanish producers adhere to.
