European public administration under the principles of legality, proportionality and subsidiarity

Abstract

Within the European Union order, the national public administrations play a very important role.They are responsible for the enforcement and the control of the execution of the policies of the EuropeanCommunities, in all the states of the European Union, in the interest of the respective governments. Althoughthe European Union has a central administration, she doesn’t have external agencies. Applying the Europeaninstructions and regulations depends on the national governments. Because of rules such as mutualrecognition, each government depends on the quality of executing the Community policy, for the purpose ofachieving its own responsibilities. The role of the public administration in the European unification is adecisive one; and this is not only because the public administration is connected to the institutional andgovernmental mechanisms, but also because the real, practical, technical and “aesthetic” convergence ofdifferent administrative cultures is the key element of the European integration. Thus we are faced not onlywith a new supra-national institutional order, but also with a new juridical order given by the integrationthrough law.

Keywords

• modern administration
• rule of law
• good governance
• discretionary power
• citizens/society