ISSUES OF THE EU DEVELOPMENT IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to consider and analyze the issues of implementing of the common EU foreign policy, where the search for consensus in foreign policy approaches among member states must be balanced by common interests and the protection of common values, while simultaneously taking into account national characteristics and priorities of sovereign development.

Research methodology. It is based on a concentrated analysis of both profile sources of foreign experts, as well as the most (to the author’s opinion) problematic issues of the modern development of the supranational in form and transnational in essence European association, which the EU positions itself in the international arena. The article is based on general scientific research methods.

Scientific novelty. In the study, taking into account the problematic approaches of the latest foreign historiography of the institutional development of the EU, the author's interpretation of relevant problematic issues and challenges is provided, without a practical solution of which a number of uncertainties of the transformational development of the EU for the future will not be overcome.

Conclusions. It is very important that the mentioned and some other problematic issues in modern international relations are enumerated objectively within the framework of the EU. Their very presentation, further consideration, and recommendations for action developed with a practical plan serve as a certain call for the use of political will and leadership in overcoming risks and using the opportunities of the united European states. The European Union does have the potential to overcome today’s uncertainties, but only if it acts in accordance with its basic principles and values, including without shying away from the idea and goals of enlargement.