Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Public opinion on European Union consular protection and assistance overseas : descriptive Spain country report (2025) |
| Authors: |
Biten-Butorac, Merve, Fernández Pasarin, Ana-Mar |
| Publication Year: |
2025 |
| Collection: |
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona: Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Subject Terms: |
Protección consular, Delegaciones de la unión europea, Terceros países, Legitimidad institucional, Alfabetización en derechos, Ciudadanía europea, España, Consular protection, European union delegations, Third countries, Institutional legitimacy, Rights literacy, European citizenship, Spain, Protecció consular, Delegacions de la unió europea, Tercers països, Legitimitat institucional, Alfabetització en drets, Ciutadania europea, Espanya |
| Description: |
This report presents findings from the survey experiment Public Opinion on EU Consular Protection and Assistance Overseas, conducted in Spain in June 2025. The study examines citizens' awareness, legitimacy perceptions, and governance preferences regarding the EU's evolving role in consular protection, particularly in light of the 2023 proposal to reform Directive 2015/637. Based on a representative survey of 1,200 respondents, we show citizens' information conditions (travel behavior and rights literacy), the visibility of political versus operational actors, legitimacy indicators (trust, responsibility attribution, confidence), and baseline preferences for how consular protection should be governed. Overall, our findings show that respondents view consular protection positively but form opinions under limited practical experience and uneven knowledge of their rights. Political EU institutions are widely recognized, whereas operational arms (e.g., EU Delegations, EEAS) are less visible. In addition, legitimacy indicators show that citizens expect national authorities to remain central while acknowledging a substantial coordinating role for the EU. These findings suggest that the proposed Directive enjoys a permissive legitimacy environment in Spain. Yet, the Spanish case offers an informative baseline as citizens are more supportive of the EU taking a supporting role rather than a replacing role (taking over national consular responsibilities entirely). ; Aquest informe presenta els resultats de l'experiment basat en una enquesta titulada Opinió Pública sobre la Protecció i Assistència Consular de la Unió Europea a l'Exterior, realitzat a Espanya el juny de 2025. L'estudi analitza la consciència ciutadana, les percepcions de legitimació institucional i les preferències de governança en relació amb el paper creixent de la Unió Europea en matèria de protecció consular, especialment a la llum de la proposta de reforma de la Directiva 2015/637 de 2023. Basat en una mostra representativa de 1.200 participants, ... |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
26968525 |
| Relation: |
Quaderns IEE; Vol. 5, Num. 1 (2026), p. 126-139; https://ddd.uab.cat/record/321452; urn:10.5565/rev/quadernsiee.135; urn:oai:ddd.uab.cat:321452; urn:articleid:26968525v5n1p126; urn:oai:quadernsiee.revistes.uab.cat:article/135 |
| Availability: |
https://ddd.uab.cat/record/321452 |
| Rights: |
open access ; This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.5DE403EC |
| Database: |
BASE |