PECULIARITIES OF FORMATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF STATE POLICY IN EUROPEAN INTEGRATION IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES

Abstract

Abstract. Ukraine has declared accession to the EU one of the strategic foreign policy issues, but relations with the European Union are still in the initial stage. This is the situation, both because of the slow pace of reforms in Ukraine and because of the reluctance of the EU to start a new wave of expansion. Although many countries in Europe have gone through the European integration path in the last decades, there is insufficient fundamental rather than fragmented research on the benefits and risks of integration, as well as the analysis of existing experience. There is also insufficient expert judgment on the impact of various factors on the specific directions of the necessary transformations that are to take place in the process of Ukraine's integration. The main tasks facing states and pursued within the framework of European integration are: socio-economic strengthening of the country, both internally and vis-à-vis third countries; strengthening the country's position at the international political level; internal political stability of the country and so on. The main key to the success of the implementation of the EU Integration Strategy is the transition from declaring intentions to become a full member of the EU to concrete actions, which should be aimed primarily at building a free democratic society, reducing the role of the state in governing the economy, combating corruption and the shadow economy. Generalization of the world experience in the implementation of state policy in the sphere of European integration made it possible to identify methodological approaches, mechanisms, tools and principles for use in Ukrainian public administration practice. The experience of most countries indicates that there is no quick and easy way to join the EU: it is a long and difficult European integration path. Therefore, the state policy in the sphere of European integration of Ukraine should promote transformation in the political, legal, economic, financial, social, environmental spheres, which will overcome most of the difficulties in the path of European integration and will allow our country to become an integral part of a renewed Europe.