The process of the passing new legislature on electronic media in the Republic of Poland and Ukraine, the political complications of this process are analysed and compared in this article ; Статья посвящена анализу процесса принятия новой нормативно-правовой базы относительно аудиовизуальных средств массовой инфор-мации в Украине и Республике Польша, выявления и сравнения поли-тических осложнений этого процесса в изучаемых странах ; Стаття присвячена аналізу процесу прийняття нової нормативно-правової бази щодо аудіовізуальних засобів масової інформації в Україні та Республіці Польща, виявлення та порівняння політичних ускладнень цього процесу в досліджуваних країнах.
European integration of contemporary model began after World War II. The idea of European integration is not new, as thoughts of unification of the European continent were expressed by such prominent thinkers as Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Kant, and others. There is a need to emphasize that unification of the European continent after World War II has led to creation of the European Union in its current form, and it can be called the most successful and most studied attempt to European integration.This research is based on the analysis of the constituent documents of the EU and results of researches of scientists from different branches of sciences. Still we note that the need remains in the characteristic of the process of enlargement and integration in Europe, paying attention on the current state of unification of the continent and the latest EU enlargement on the 1st of July, 2013. Hence, the aim of this paper is in the characterization of the process of enlargement and integration in Western Europe, which led to the current state of unification of the majority of the European continent in the European Union and its last expansion in 2013.The process of European unification was not only in the integration of different areas of life by adopting the so-called «establishment treaties» that have been analyzed in the paper. It was also in the geographical expansion of its borders at the expense of new Member-States joining the European Community / European Union. Separate agreements, so-called «accession treaties», were concluded between the EU and new Member-State to meet this aim.There is no limit on the number of its Member States in the founding EU documents. Moreover, practice indicates the continuation of attraction of new EU Member-States. So, the states of the Western Balkans are considered prospective EU Member-States in the second decade of the 21st century. First country of this region – Croatia became the 28th EU Member-State on the 1st of July, 2013. In addition, the candidate countries for accession to the EU (as of 2013) are Montenegro, Serbia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Iceland and Turkey. Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo are potential candidate countries to join European Union, which are recognized by the EU. Obviously, the expansion is an important part of the EU strategy, though this direction contains some challenges for sustainable development of the European Union.Thus, the problem the development of European Union towards closer integration of end of the Second World War and the challenges faced by European Union on this path especially at this stage of its development remains an object of scientific research. The process of unification of Europe was not only in the integration of different areas of life by adopting the so-called «establishment treaties», but also in the geographical expansion of its borders at the expense of new Member-States joining the European Community / European Union. So, as of 2013 the EU consists of already 28 Member-States after its seven enlargements, even though only six states of Western Europe were its Founding States after the Second World War.However, studies of the future development of the EU in terms of delay or indeed removal from the agenda the issue of closer political integration and the reform of EU institutions to develop more efficient and democratic system of governance in the European Union became actual especially after EU Eastern enlargement in 2004 and failure of the ratification of the EU Constitution in 2005. These challenges are even more acute after the global financial and economic crisis and its negative consequences for the EU.We can therefore conclude that although the expansion and integration of Western Europe after World War II to the present day was evolutionary in nature, but given the challenges of European Union at the current stage due to the attempts to overcome the results of the economic and political crisis, there is a need to pay attention to the uniquely uncertain prospects for its development in the foreseeable future. ; Основываясь на анализе учредительных документов ЕС и исследований ученых различных отраслей наук, в статье анализируется процесс расширения и интеграции в Западной Европе с момента окончания Второй мировой войны и до настоящего времени, обращая внимание на современное состояние объединения континента и последнее расширение ЕС 1 июля 2013 г. ; Засновуючись на аналізі установчих документів ЄС і досліджень учених різних галузей наук, у статті аналізується процес розширення й інтеграції у Західній Європі від закінчення Другої світової війни і до сьогодення, звертаючи увагу на сучасний стан об'єднання континенту та останнє розширення ЄС 1 липня 2013 р.
The functioning of the contemporary media system in Europe in analyzed in this article based on the Western literature sources. The development of the media system in Europe from the «mono media system» in the countries of the region in the 20th century to the growth of the «dual media system» in the contemporary stage of development is characterized. After the comparison made about the functioning of the public media in the «dual media system» in the countries of the continental Europe and the Great Britain according to the indicators of the independence of management and financing the conclusion is reached about the perspective of its functioning and development under contemporary world financial crisis ; В статье анализируется функционирование современной медиа-системы в Европе на основе западных научных источников. Характеризируется развитие медиасистемы в Европе из «моно медиа-системы» в странах региона в ХХ столетии к становлению «дуальной медиа-системы» на современном этапе. На основе сравнения функционирования общественных средств массовой информации в «дуальной медиасистеме» стран континентальной Европы и Великой Британии по показателям независимости в управлении и финансировании делается вывод о перспективах их функционирования и развития в условиях современного мирового финансового кризиса. ; У статті аналізується функціонування сучасної медіа-системи в Європі на основізахідних наукових джерел. Характеризується розвиток медіа-системи в Європі з«моно медіа-системи» в країнах регіону у ХХ столітті до становлення «дуальноїмедіа-системи» на сучасному етапі. На основі порівняння функціонування громадських засобів масової інформації в «дуальній медіа-системі» країн континентальної Європи та Великої Британії за ознаками незалежності управління та фінансування робиться висновок про перспективи її функціонування та розвитку в умовах сучасної світової фінансової кризи.
