Externalization of European Union Security out of EU borders. A myth or reality?

Due to EU’s specific nature ‘a multilevel system of governance fore headed contemporary by EU institutions, member states and other policy actors’, the EU encounters much difficulties when concrete actions need to be taken and real problems need to be tackled in terms of security. This refers to the fact that not all of the ‘Justice and Home affairs’ competence belong to the EU, and in particular to the fact that CFSP and especially CSDP remain purely competence of the member states. Having this in mind, the EU (referring mainly to the Commission and/or the Parliament), seeks to achieve foreign policy goals through instruments or policies that bypass Member state approval and can be activated only by supranational bodies, like the Commission or the Parliament