Evolution of CFSP in Terms of Liberal Intergovernmentalism

We have to deal in this kind of interrogation with the tension between the intergovernmental approach on the EU and the federalist one; the first camp consists of people supporting the continuity of state sovereignty in the European space, while the other camp supports the gradual transfer of sovereignty at the super-state level, the EU being a result of the intergovernmental negotiations game in which the EU states tried to maximize their own utility. The Maastricht Treaty(1992) gave birth to the Common Extern Policy and Security.