Abstract

Spain is a member of the European Union, located in Western Europe and North Africa. It is a social and democratic state of law, whose territory is organized in seventeen Autonomous Communities (Andalucía, Aragón, Islas Baleares, Canarias, Cantabria, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y León, Cataluña, Comunidad de Madrid, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Comunidad Valenciana, Extremadura, Galicia, País Vasco, Principado de Asturias, Región de Murcia and La Rioja) and two Autonomous Cities (Ceuta and Melilla).