GOVERNMENT PROGRAM IN UKRAINE AND THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION: COMPARATIVE AND LEGAL ASPECT

Abstract

Introduction. The article is devoted to the study of the peculiarities of the normative-legal consolidation of the government program in the member states of the European Union and Ukraine. Emphasis is placed on the issue of constitutional and legal regulation of interaction between the parliament and the government in terms of development and approval of the government program. The purpose of the study is to reveal the constitutional nature of the government program in Ukraine and the мember states of the European Union on the basis of legislation. To solve the set goals and objectives, such research methods as logical-semantic, system-structural, formal-legal, comparative-legal, historical-legal, etc. were used.

Summary of the main research results. The legal nature of the government program of activities is considered. Emphasis is placed on the specifics of enshrining in the constitutions of individual member states of the European Union this document of the highest executive body, the obligation to submit it to parliament and its approval. The article analyzes the legal positions on the classification of the above states into those in which the approval of the government program is one of the conditions for its formation and further operation and those where the procedure of government formation does not depend on approval or disapproval of its program. The consolidation of certain issues concerning the Program of Activities of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine in the Constitution of Ukraine is analyzed. The main stages of the procedure of approving the Program of Activities of the government by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine are revealed.

Conclusions. It was emphasized that there are a number of unresolved issues regarding the approval of the Program of Activities of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, which should be resolved by amending the legislation. Relevant amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine and laws of Ukraine on the need for approval by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the Program of Activities of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine at the stage of its formation have been proposed.