Without a doubt, the right to consular protection is currently fragmentary and unevenly distributed.
A systematic approach for consular cooperation and for coordinated consular action has only been developed in the last few years.
We have consular issues that are of a multitude that is difficult to fathom.
The third such instrument is the stepping up of consular cooperation.
Support for improved cooperation in the consular field is not always matched by adequate budgets at the national level.
Consular protection is also virtually non-existent in practice.
