DETERMINATION OF THE LEGAL STATUS OF A DEPUTY IN THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION: NATIONAL FEATURES OF THE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND PROBLEM ISSUES OF REALIZATION OF THE EXPERIENCE IN UKRAINE

Abstract

The article analyzes the peculiarities of determining the legal status of a deputy of the local council (local self-government bodies) in individual EU Member States by theoretical, functional and evaluation components. The results of the analysis made it possible to establish the specifics of determining the functions, powers and responsibilities of a deputy of the local council; organization of activities in the direction of effective interaction of executive authorities and local self- government in the conditions of decentralization; assessing the effectiveness of their activities in individual Member States of the European Union.

It is known that decentralization reform is planned to be completed in Ukraine by the end of 2020. It is based on the main provisions of the European Charter of Local Self-Government. The reform envisages the introduction of standards of organization of local governance, as well as the formation of a national model of local self-government, based on their own needs and traditions. In view of the analysis of the legal status of a deputy of the local council by theoretical, functional and evaluation components, the following problematic issues are identified that need to be resolved: availability of politicization of the activity of the deputies of the local council and consolidation of influence on it by large political parties of national scale; rather limited use of the tool of cooperation between the united territorial communities; lack of methodological and institutional bases for assessing the effectiveness of the activity of a deputy of the local council. In order to resolve them, it is advisable to analyze the functions and powers of a deputy of the local council concerning the realization of national and community interests, as well as the effectiveness of their activities; organization of interaction of a deputy of the local council with other territorial communities, authorities performing the functions of control, as well as with bodies of state power at the strategic level regarding the realization of national interests.