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The aim of the article was to reveal the structure of the administrative and legal mechanism for ensuring the national security of Ukraine in the context of European integration. In the course of the study the following methods were used and combined: axiomatic, analysis and synthesis, classification, hermeneutic, deductive, dialectical and metaphysical, logical and semantic and modeling. In the results of the research, it is generalized that the framework of national security provision in the circumstances of European integration is similar to the basic elements of any other instrument of provision of activities. In practical terms it is defined, what material and conceptual elements are included in the structure of the administrative legal mechanism. In the conclusions it is emphasized that these legal and administrative components can be: on the one hand, normative, institutional, instrumental, analytical, etc.; and, on the other hand, organizational, practical and implementation and mixed.

The rapid spread of the virus around the globe, the widespread introduction of restrictions on freedom of movement and declarations by governments about the great threat to public health on a global scale, have had a serious impact on migration processes in the world. The European legal space has some regulation of migration processes, developed within the framework of the EU, the Council of Europe and the OSCE. However, COVID-19 presented him with some additional challenges. The purpose of the article is to analyze the legal regulation of migration processes within the European legal area in the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic. The main method to study this problem is the comparative analysis, which allows to compare the legal regulation of migration processes during COVID-19 in three organizations: the European Union, the Council of Europe and the OSCE. In conclusion, the pandemic once again demonstrated the tendencies of national isolation, which exist in the European continent. The EU closes internal borders, the members of the Council of Europe make an exception to the rights contained in the European Convention on Human Rights, but they do not notify the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.

This article is written to provide a general overview of the concept and principles of local self-government, in particular its role in the context of interaction with the central government. In addition, the article analyzes the features of local self-government in three EU member states and Ukraine. The leading scientific method used in the study is the formal-legal method, which allows the author to trace the relationship between the internal content and external expression (form) of state-legal phenomena and institutions. The author also seeks to apply the best European practices of local self-government to Ukraine.

The experience of European democracies has great significance in building local governance, given its effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity. Local governance touches upon essential civil problems concerning the life of every person in a particular territory. This intensifies the need to search for an optimal model of local governance today. The purpose of the article is to examine the legal regulation of local governance in European countries. The article also aims to clarify the historical aspects of the local government development and comprehensively study the impact of European standards in this area on regional policy. The authors used the scientific method to identify the theoretical basis of the study. An analysis and synthesis were applied for the discussion section to find a common notion and opinion on the study of local government systems. The main method used in the article is the comparison method that allowed us to compare two local government systems and, as a result, find out an optimal one. The same method has been used to determine the factors that influence regional policy. The results obtained are necessary for the further development of local government systems, their improvement, and modernization at the legal and political levels.