STATE-LEGAL AND POLITICAL PROBLEMS OF EUROPEAN UNION FROM PUBLIC OPINION PERSPECTIVE 

Salomatin Aleksey Yur'evich, Doctor of juridical sciences, doctor of historical sciences, professor, head of sub-department of state and law theory and political science, director of the Center of Comparative Legal Policy,
Penza State University, full member of the Academy of Political Sciences (Penza, 40 Krasnaya str.), valeriya-zinovev@mail.ru

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The article depicts the tendencies in the development of public opinion about European Union and its institutions during the last two decades. There exist sharp differences between some Western and Eastern European countries, Scandinavian and Mediterranean countries, France, Germany and Great Britain that prove the impossibility of rapid integration.

European Union; Dynamics of Eurointegration; Public Opinion about EU authorities; European Idea in Great Britain, France, Germany, Scandinavian and Mediterranean countries; Western and Eastern European countries.

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