Can a 19 year old date a 15 year old in Spain?
Spain statutory rape law is violated when an individual has consensual sexual contact with a person under age 16. Spain does not have a close-in-age exemption. Similarly, no protections are reserved for sexual relations in which one participant is a 15 year old and the second is a 16 or 17 year old.
Is 17 a minor in Spain?
Under Spanish law a person under 18 is considered as a child and always has all the protection derived from its status as a minor. A young person in Spain is between 15 and 24 years, persons aged 15 to 17 are children and young people, and 18 to 24 are young but already adults.
What is the legal age in Spain to drink?
18 The minimum buying and drinking age in Spain is 18, which is fairly young compared to the rest of the world. This includes buying alcohol in bars and clubs, restaurants and shops.
At what age are you a minor in Spain?
18 For the purposes of the below analysis, unless otherwise is expressly stated, a reference to a child or minor in general is a reference to any person under the age of 18 in Spain, and a reference to an adult refers to any person over the age of 18.