EUROPEAN INTEGRATION PROCESSES IN RESPONSE TO THE CURRENT CHALLENGES OF THE SYSTEM OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of such concept as «European integration», its content, basic principles and mechanisms of implementation. A closer attention is paid to the discussion between the representatives of two theoretical schools, namely the political realists and liberals with regard to the state’s role in the integration processes. Under consideration is a great number of problems, which currently face the EU member-states, including the economic instability, a sharp rise of popularity of the nationalist ideology and the eurosceptic sentiments among the broad layers of population in Europe.