RUDN Journal of LawRUDN Journal of Law2313-23372408-9001Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)5715Parity of the right of the European Union and the sovereignty of member statesMescheryakovaO MКафедра международного права; Российский университет дружбы народов; Peoples' Friendship University of Russia-Peoples' Friendship University of Russia1504200949310007092016Copyright © 2016, Legal Science2016Article is devoted such important during an epoch of creation of integration communities to a problem as a question on a parity of the right of the European Union which as the main principle assumes a principle a priority of the right of the Union over the national right of member states, and also a principle of direct action of the right of the European Union and sovereign statehood of the countries-participants. After all the European Union is an integration community which, certainly, assumes that its participants and founders are the sovereign states. However presence of two specified principles is not absolutely combined with the developed representations about the international organization.European Unionsovereignty of member-states of the European UnionintegrationLisbon Treatydivision of competencesspecial measures of legal regulationglobalizationauthoritysupranationalinternational organizationЕвропейский Союзсуверенитет государств - членов Европейского СоюзаинтеграцияЛиссабонский договорразграничение компетенцийспециальные меры правового регулированияглобализацияполномочиенаднациональностьмеждународная организация