Flash Eurobarometer 528

Citizenship and democracy

Interviews with EU citizens: EU27 – 25 722 | ES – 1 001
Spain
Fieldwork: 24.4-9.5.2023 Methodology:

Citizenship of the European Q8

Union Please tell me to what extent you agree or
disagree with the following statements: (%)
Q1 “You feel that you are a citizen of
Are you familiar with the term “citizen of the European Union”
the European Union” (%)

63 23 7 6 1
66 25 9 0
ES 75 18 4 3 0
ES 82 15 2 0
Totally agree Tend to agree
Yes, knows what it means
Tend to disagree Totally disagree
Yes, heard of it, but not sure what it means
Don't know
No, never heard the term

Don't know

Awareness of EU citizenship When outside the EU, the right to seek help from the
embassy of any other EU Member State
rights 69 8 23

ES 72 8 20
Q4/5
[…] Do you know if, as an EU citizen, you
have the following rights? / Please tell me The right to participate in a European
whether you think they are true or false. (%) Citizens’ Initiative

64 8 28
The right to make a complaint to the European
Institutions ES 71 9 20
84 5 11
The right to vote or stand as a candidate in European
Parliament elections for EU citizens living in another EU
ES 87 5 8 Member State

67 16 18
The right to reside in any Member State of the
European Union, subject to certain conditions ES 70 15 15
80 8 12 The right to vote or stand as a candidate in municipal
elections for EU citizens living in another EU Member
ES 75 9 17 State

55 30 15
When in another Member State, the right to be treated
in the same way as a national of that State ES 59 26 15
77 11 12
Aware Not aware Don't know
ES 88 5 7
Note: Some question wording shortened due to space
 Foreign interference in
Democracy and elections democratic systems

Q9
In the context of elections in Europe, how
concerned or not are you about the possibility of
each of the following events? (%)
People basing their voting decision on disinformation
Q10
[…] To what extent do you agree or disagree
with each of the statements? (%)
Foreign interference in our democratic systems is a
serious problem that should be addressed

47 31 11 8 3 52 29 10 6 2
ES 68 20 6 4 1 ES 54 28 10 6 2

Elections being manipulated through cyberattacks Entities representing foreign governments on EU

territory should be registered to prevent covert
44 27 16 10 3 interference in our democratic systems

ES 66 17 10 7 0 54 28 8 6 5

ES 61 26 4 4 5
Foreign countries influencing elections covertly

41 29 16 11 2
Strongly agree Tend to agree
ES 57 22 12 8 2
Tend to disagree Strongly disagree

Don't know
People being pressured into voting in a particular way

41 24 18 15 2

ES 63 18 9 10 0
Role of civil society in promoting
and protecting democracy
The final result of an election being manipulated

43 20 19 16 2 q11
How important is the role of civil society
ES 69 10 9 11 1 (associations, NGOs) in promoting and
protecting democracy and common values,
including in terms of fostering a well-informed
People voting although they are not entitled to vote
and pluralistic democratic debate? (%)
32 21 21 23 4

ES 43 19 15 22 2
57 30 7 3 3

ES 56 30 8 4 2
Very concerned Somewhat concerned

Not very concerned Not at all concerned

Very important Somewhat important
Don't know
Not very important Not at all important

Don't know