Identification of the law of the European Union and its relation to public international law

In the light of the intensive development of advanced forms of economic cooperation and Russia’s active participation in this process, the issue of determining the place of European Union law in international law is becoming relevant again. At the same time as the global integration processes are gaining momentum, another crisis of identification of EU law in the system of international law is taking place. The article examines the relationship between EU law and public international law on the basis of pluralistic and constitutional approaches. The problem of the autonomy of the EUlegal order is revealed. The model of European integration is critically evaluated as promising and acceptable for modern forms of economic cooperation. The article uses such general scientific research methods as generalization, analysis and synthesis, and concretization. As a result of the analysis, the author comes to the conclusion that at the present stage of the development of the integration process, the EU member states have lost control over the established institutions.