Introduction. The article analyzes the concept of subsidiarity. The article comp
letes the process of introducing subsidiarity, which emerges as a political and huma
nistic idea of organizing modern society.
Materials and methods. Based on the methodology of interdisciplinary studies
of international relations, the article assesses the evolution of the problem of sover
eignty for large supranational political entities.
Results of the study. The article presents the main features and symbiosis ob
served by J. Althusius, assigned to the level between the authorities of the study as
the order of the social organization of society. The relevance of the social and public
thought of Althusius in scientific debates about sovereignty in the European Union is
substantiated.
Discussion. On the rise of the process of building the unity of the European
Union, the implementation of the risks of using insulin in legitimizing the institu
tional conditions of the EU is analyzed. The concept of subsidiarity, as a Catholic so
cial recommendation, proclaimed by the head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope
Pius IX, is the embodiment of the idea of Althusius, his philosophical heritage, which
rethought the ideas of Thomas Aquinas in a new way. The article analyzes the impor
tance of implementing the principle of subsidiarity in the modern practice of the po
litical governance of the European Union.
Conclusion. The subsidiary nature of the organization of management and
the construction of a special structure of modern European society presupposes
the independence, activity of lower levels of government, which at the same time
strengthens the process of building the entire management system of the European
Union. The Agreement concludes on the processes of federalization and the streng
thening of democratic participation in the unity of the EU countries.
Key words: subsidiarity, sovereignty, public administration, legitimacy, federalism
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