Kisiel І. Parliamentary associations: world experience and contemporery Ukrainian tendencies

The functioning of the parliament as an influential actor in the political process in a democratic society is determined by the effectiveness of its structural units – associations as representative bodies of the deputy corps. This is confirmed by the example of the parliaments of many democratic countries, both because of the close relationship between the ability of parliamentary associations – factions, groups, coalitions, parliamentary majorities and minorities – to act according to clearly defined functional powers and in the interests of citizens, and the ability of parliament as a whole to influence the progressive development of the state and society. As for Ukraine, despite the important role of the parliament in the state-building processes, when the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine acted as the driving force of the struggle for independence, the implementation of the constitutional process, ensuring the legislative demand of the state and society - a situation that clearly manifested itself in the conditions of opposition to large-scale Russian aggression - the activity of parliamentary associations needs improvement, overcoming a number of negative phenomena. In particular, we are talking about the changeability and situational nature of the process of creating a parliamentary majority, the difficulty of including a minority of deputies in the parliamentary activity, the uncertainty of the system of interrelationships of parliamentary associations with the relevant political parties and society, etc. This actualizes the topic of parliamentary associations in terms of a critical analysis of the experience of functioning in this context of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the best parliamentary practices of developed democracies as a possible example for the effective implementation of domestic parliamentarism.