PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES: APPROACHES TO THE EVALUATION

The paper deals with the position of public administration in EU countries from the viewpoint of the European Administrative Area. Attention is paid to selected approaches and options to evaluate public administration in EU countries. Further, the evaluation of selected Worldwide Governance Indicators in EU countries is provided, with a particular focus on government effectiveness and control of corruption, and the evaluation of the financial dimension of public administration with a particular focus on general government expenditures in years 2009-2014 according to the ESA methodology. By use of cluster analysis, financial capabilities of public administrations in EU countries, based on selected indicators (expenditures of the general government sector by levels of public administration) in years 2009-2014, are evaluated. The most marked differences between EU countries in all clusters were found in fiscal decentralisation of expenditures, as opposed to central government expenditures, with the least marked differences.