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The structural-functional features of the European political system are analyzed. The author correlates the structure and the functions of the national political system with the functionality of the European supra-national structures. The efficiency of the decision making process and the functionality of any type of political system is influenced by the level of political culture and the degree of maturity of the political actors. The need to correlate interests of different states: EU members, candidates or those in process to adhere to the EU, determines the supra-national structures: European Council, European Union Council, European Parliament, EU Court of Justice, EU Court of Accounts, European Central Bank to honor honestly and responsibly their functions, respecting democratic principles of political communication, of cooperation and co-work. In conclusion, the author states that the European political system is functional, efficient, viable due to the capacity of institutions to ensure a dynamic stability both at community level and national one. The fact that at the moment the European Union is an international political actor with legal status and its components (Member States) that share the same rights and obligations represents a unique experience, interesting for the contemporary political theory.

Pliny the Younger was, as well as most other members of the aristocracy of the early and high Roman Empire, a very politically active fi gure. Th is political existence was expressed through literary communication, which was, however, no compensation for an assumed depolitization of the ordo senatorius, but rather a means to an end for the political goals of the aristocracy. In Pliny's letters, we can witness this literary communication. It is apparent how he used the epistolographic literature in connection with his social network to further his career, promote friends, infl uence political decisions and propagate fundamental values and moral standards. Literature and politics were therefore inseparably connected to each other. ; Plinio el Joven era, así como la mayoría de los otros miembros de la aristocracia del imperio romano temprano y alta, muy políticamente activos fi gura. TH existencia política se expresa a través de la literatura comunicación, que era, sin embargo, ninguna compensación para una supuesta despolitización de la senatorius ordo, sino más bien un medio para un fin de los objetivos políticos de la aristocracia. En las cartas de Plinio, que puede ser testigo de este la comunicación literaria. Es evidente la forma en que utilizó el epistolographic la literatura en relación con su red social para seguir su carrera, promover los amigos, las decisiones políticas infl uir y propagar fundamental valores y normas morales. La literatura y la política eran por lo tanto, inseparablemente conectados entre sí. ; Plinius der Jüngere war ebenso wie die meisten anderen Mitglieder der römischen Aristokratie in der frühen und hohen Kaiserzeit politisch höchst aktiv. Ausdruck fand diese politische Existenz in einer literarischen Kommunikation, die allerdings kein Ersatz für die vermeintliche Entpolitisierung der Senatoren war, sondern den politischen Zielen der Aristokratie als Mittel zum Zweck diente. In den plinianischen Briefen kann man diese literarische Kommunikation gut nachvollziehen. Es ist deutlich zu erkennen, wie Plinius mit Hilfe seines sozialen Netzwerkes die epistolographische Literatur dazu nutzte, selbst Karriere zu machen, Freunde zu fördern, Einfl uss auf politische Entscheidungen zu nehmen und grundsätzliche Werte– und Moralvorstellungen zu propagieren. Literatur und Politik waren somit untrennbar miteinander verbunden.