Spain border crisis could ‘ultimately break up the EU’: Hugo Gurdon

Published August 4, 2026 10:56am ET | Updated August 4, 2026 10:56am ET



Washington Examiner editorial director Hugo Gurdon said frustration over the Spain border crisis could lead to conflict within the European Union and criticized the government for failing to control the issue.

“They’re led by one government after another from different parties, and none of them seems to be strong enough or determined enough,” Gurdon said Tuesday on Fox News’s Fox and Friends. “None of them has the will to make sure that Europe is kept for the Europeans.”

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