Trubacheva, K.N. The legal fundamentals of the relations between the European Union and the Republic of Belarus

Abstract: The European policy of good neighborliness relations is the special system of formation of international relations between the EU and the third party states, which is an inalienable part of the foreign policy of the EU. The legal basis for the EU policy of good neighborliness is formed by the so-called “hybrid agreements”, which are concluded by the EU and the third party states. The said “hybrid agreements” have direct influence upon the legal systems of both the EU and the third party state. Based on the above, the Court of Justice of the EU has recognized them as inalienable part of the legal system of the EU. The methodological basis for the studies was formed with both the general scientific methods for the cognition of the objective reality and the special methods and means, characteristic for the legal sciences: dialectic, historical, structural – legal, logical deduction and induction, systemic approach, etc. There was also need for the special legal cognition methods, including comparative legal method, method of strategic evaluation, structural legal method and statistical method. The scientific novelty and the conclusions of the article represent an attempt to systematize and analyze the experience of the EU in the sphere of formation, regulation and keeping a specific type of relationship with the Republic of Belarus. Special attention is paid to the analysis of the legal provisions for the competence of the EU in the sphere of external activities toward the third party states, the main directions of the regulation in this sphere. The novelty of the work is reflected in the attempt of the author to uncover the existing shortcomings of the normative legal basis regulating the relations between the EU and the Republic of Belarus.

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