{"id":264001,"date":"2025-07-14T10:41:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T10:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/264001\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T10:41:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T10:41:19","slug":"spain-wants-britons-back-in-the-european-union-could-resolve-90-day-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/264001\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain wants Britons back in the European Union: could resolve 90-day issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

A YouGov survey reveals that majorities in France<\/a>, Germany, Italy, and Spain<\/a> would support the UK rejoining the European Union<\/a>, but not on the same terms it previously enjoyed (e.g., opt-outs from the euro or Schengen area). The poll also indicates that a clear majority of British voters now back rejoining<\/strong>, but only if they can keep their opt-outs, creating a \u2018public opinion impasse.\u2019<\/p>\n

The survey also found significant support in continental countries for an independent Scotland joining the EU. 23 June marks nine years since the UK voted to leave the European Union<\/strong>. YouGov polling has long since shown that the public are \u2018Bregretful\u2019 about that outcome, with the latest survey showing 56% think it was wrong for Britain to vote to leave the EU.<\/p>\n

Most Britons say that Brexit<\/a> has been more of a failure than a success<\/strong> (61%), with 20% saying it has neither been a success nor failure and 13% seeing it as more of a success. But who do those Britons who see Brexit as a failure blame for this? The Conservative party and Boris Johnson<\/a> top the list, with 88% and 84% respectively laying the blame at their door.<\/p>\n

Two thirds attribute blame to prime ministers Theresa May (66%) and Rishi Sunak (64%), with a similar number saying so for Nigel Farage (67%). One in three (37%) blame the European Union for Brexit going badly, including 60% of Leave voters. Keir Starmer (28%) and Labour (39%) come in for less blame, as do the UK civil service (30%).<\/p>\n

According to YouGov, With Brexit widely seen as having been more of a failure, it is no surprise to see that almost two thirds of Britons now want to see a closer relationship with the European Union<\/strong> (65%) \u2013 a stance that is popular across all main parties (51-78%), as well as among Leave voters (60%). One of the big problems for Britons in Mallorca<\/a> and across the EU has been the 90-day rule, especialy for second home owners<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As things stand, Britons can travel without a visa to the Schengen area, which includes Spain, for up to 90 days in any 180-day period. This applies if you travel:
As a tourist
to visit family or friends
to attend business meetings, cultural or sports events
for short-term studies or training
The requirements for working in Spain are different.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re travelling to other Schengen countries as well, make sure your whole visit is within the 90-day visa-free limit. Visits to Schengen countries in the 180 days before you travel count towards your 90 days. If you overstay the 90-day visa-free limit, you may be banned from entering Schengen countries for up to 3 years.<\/strong> If you are visiting Spain and need to extend your visa-free stay for exceptional reasons, such as a medical emergency, you must apply to the immigration authorities (\u2018Extranjer\u00eda\u2019) (in Spanish).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A YouGov survey reveals that majorities in France, Germany, Italy, and Spain would support the UK rejoining the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264002,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[12965,2834,5109,802,9980,2000,299,5187,1699,36,2837,2843,2838,2839,12969,520,104],"class_list":{"0":"post-264001","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-90-day-rule","9":"tag-balearics","10":"tag-boris-johnson","11":"tag-brexit","12":"tag-british-tourists","13":"tag-eu","14":"tag-europe","15":"tag-european","16":"tag-european-union","17":"tag-france","18":"tag-holiday","19":"tag-latest-headlines","20":"tag-majorca","21":"tag-mallorca","22":"tag-second-home-owners","23":"tag-sir-keir-starmer","24":"tag-spain"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114851170490072485","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}