{"id":2640255,"date":"2026-08-04T11:33:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T15:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spain-border-crisis-could-ultimately-break-up-the-eu-hugo-gurdon\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T11:34:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T15:34:35","slug":"spain-border-crisis-could-ultimately-break-up-the-eu-hugo-gurdon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spain-border-crisis-could-ultimately-break-up-the-eu-hugo-gurdon\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain border crisis could &#8216;ultimately break up the EU&#8217;: Hugo Gurdon"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fspain-border-crisis-could-ultimately-break-up-the-eu-hugo-gurdon%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2640255&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Hugo Gurdon,editorial director of the washington Examiner,expressed concerns that the border crisis in Spain and Europe may led to internal conflicts within the European Union. he criticized the lack of effective leadership and determination from various governments, suggesting that Europe\u2019s borders are being effectively opened without regard for European citizens&#8217; interests. Gurdon highlighted the ongoing influx of thousands of immigrants crossing into Spain, especially through Ceuta, which many view as an easy crossing point due to lax border controls. He argued that Spanish voters have not had a say in these border policies and compared the situation to socialism and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >open-border sentiments supported<\/a> by U.S. socialist candidates. Gurdon praised former U.S.President Donald Trump\u2019s efforts to secure borders and warned that Europe&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-border-policy-sparks-worry-over-impact-on-pandemic\/\" title=\"Biden ... policy sparks worry over impact on pandemic\">open-border policies<\/a> could fracture the EU, noting countries like Italy are already reevaluating their commitments to the free movement agreement. He emphasized that the EU&#8217;s core principle of free movement of people is compromised by uncontrolled entries, risking the union\u2019s stability.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Washington Examiner <\/em>editorial director <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hugo-gurdon\/\">Hugo Gurdon<\/a> said frustration over the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/spain\/\">Spain<\/a> border crisis could lead to conflict within the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/european-union\/\">European Union<\/a> and criticized the government for failing to control the issue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey\u2019re led by one government after another from different parties, and none of them seems to be strong enough or determined enough,\u201d Gurdon said Tuesday on Fox News\u2019s <em>Fox and Friends<\/em>. \u201cNone of them has the will to make sure that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/europe\/\">Europe<\/a> is kept for the Europeans.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4673931\/spain-border-crisis-could-break-up-eu-hugo-gurdon\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Spain border crisis could \u2018ultimately break up the EU\u2019: Hugo Gurdon<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4673800\/ice-confirms-death-new-jersey-delaney-hall-detention-center\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>ICE confirms death at New Jersey\u2019s Delaney Hall detention center<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4673625\/border-wall-crews-drilling-wells-drought-new-mexico\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Border wall crews ordered to stop drilling wells in drought-stricken New Mexico<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDay after day, month after month, masses, thousands of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/immigration\/\">immigrants<\/a>, are coming in,\u201d Gurdon said.  <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4670529\/what-to-know-ceuta-spanish-port-thousands-moroccan-migrants-swarming\/\">Thousands of migrants <\/a>rushed to Spain\u2019s border last week. Dozens died during the crossing, with officials saying migrants were accessing Ceuta, the Spanish port, both by land through the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/morocco\/\">Moroccan<\/a> border and by swimming across the Strait of Gibraltar.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; width: 100%; max-width: 640px; min-height: 180px; max-height: 360px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3661362&#038;userid=11311&#038;usertype=user&#038;loginid=10455&#038;playercolor=%23000000&#038;playersize=auto&#038;code=2ac584415d5f4f4e4abd90321de1ee8f\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ceuta is likely seen as an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spain-is-the-new-california-everybody-speaks-spanish-bill-maher\/\" title=\"&#039;... is the new California ... everybody speaks Spanish&#039;: Bill Maher\">easy entry point due<\/a> to its more relaxed border restrictions and its proximity to the Spanish mainland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gurdon argued that Spanish voters did not have a say in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/border\/\">border<\/a> restrictions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey are very frustrated because they have never said that they want all of these immigrants, they have never been asked, they have never voted for it,\u201d Gurdon said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gurdon compared the issue to socialism, saying that U.S. socialist candidates support open-border policies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/socialism\/\">Socialism<\/a> is an international movement,\u201d Gurdon said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gurdon praised President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> efforts to secure the U.S. border, arguing that Europe is now experiencing the consequences of open-border policies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4671954\/spain-new-california-everybody-speaks-spanish-bill-maher\/\"><strong>\u2018SPAIN IS THE NEW CALIFORNIA \u2026 EVERYBODY SPEAKS SPANISH\u2019: BILL MAHER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis could ultimately break up the EU,\u201d Gurdon said, as countries such as Italy have <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/migrant-crisis-pushes-italy-restore-border-checks-spain-testing-europes-open-border-system\">announced suspensions on its free-travel pact<\/a> with Spain, according to Fox News.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" 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