The purpose of the research:Implementing the right to education in the European Union countries is considered. Main content: It has been established that implementationof the right to education plays an important role in the system of human and citizen rights and freedoms, and has complex connections with many of them. It is noted that in most European countries the right to education is socially oriented. European countries are characterized by the following: continuous education; compulsory primary education; standardized ways of organizing the educational process, regulating participation of students, parents and teachers in it; great attention is paid ...