Constitutional and Legal Basis of Territorial Organization Public Authorities in the Countries of Central and Eastern Europe

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the constitutional and legal basis of the public authority territorial organization in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. The legal framework governing regional and local government is described, in particular, attention is focused on the structure of the regulatory basis of municipal government, it is determined that the main source in the formation of legislation in the field of local government was the European Charter of Local Self-Government. In addition, the system of territorial organization of regional and local authorities, which was formed as a result of the reform of the administrative-territorial structure in the early 2000s, taking into account the European requirements of NUTS, is covered.