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Although there is an ever-increasing number of Union citizens living and working outside EU territory, it is possible to find consulates for all 27 Member States in just three non-member countries. Hence the importance of the fundamental right, inherent in the concept of European citizenship, for every citizen of a Member State without representation to be able to obtain assistance from the consular authorities of other Member States which are represented in that third country. In order to give EU citizens easier access to their rights – especially taking into account the difficulties they have faced in practice, in particular in the event of major crises, as was the case with the 2004 tsunami, or the Arab Spring in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, or the 2011 earthquake in Japan, which highlighted the need to provide consular protection for citizens without representation – it has become necessary to adopt a new legislative instrument establishing a joint approach. I therefore support the adoption of this Directive which lays down common concepts and identifies two levels of protection, local consular protection for everyday matters, which is left to the responsibility of the Member States and consular protection in crisis situations, where cooperation should be coordinated by the EU delegations."@en1
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