EUROPEAN REGIONAL POLICY: GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS, CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS FOR UKRAINE

The work is devoted to the study of the main features of European regional policy. EU regional policy is the quintessence of experience for countries facing the need to address similar legal issues. The need to bring the national system of public authority and public administration closer to European standards, to develop an effective model of regional governance, etc., calls for an in-depth study of European regional policy. To date, Ukraine is not a member state of the European Union, although the constitutional consolidation of Ukraine's European course gives every reason to believe that the orientation towards positive European experience and the shortcomings that EU member states have already encountered in implementing regional policy are not only extremely relevant, but also vital to the Ukrainian state at the present stage of constitutional change. In the current context, it is impossible to formulate mechanisms of state regional policy, without taking into account the current trends used by the international community. Since 2014, regional policy inUkrainehas begun to take on a European Union regional policy. The existing legislation regulates the fullest extent of public relations in the field of regional policy during the independence ofUkraineand meets European standards. State regional policy faces the challenge of providing each region with the full potential to maximize its internal potential while maintaining national interests. The current stage of the state is characterized by the exercise of systematic influence on the improvement of regional policy. Although many problems (disproportionate development of the regions, the dynamics of transformation processes in the economic development of the country, etc.) still require their solution, the correctness and productivity of the course chosen by the Ukrainian state is demonstrated today.