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The article explores the delegation system of the European Union (EU) under the Treaty of Lisbon. It mentions that there is a debate between the European Parliament (EP) and the EU on the control over delegated legislation and the EU's comitology. According to the author, delegation relies on the confidence between the authority and the delegates.

The article discusses the court case of European Parliament (EP) versus European Council on the issue of their jurisdictional legitimacy for deciding on cases like asylum and immigration of refugees as specified in the Treaty of Lisbon. The institutional balance of those parties to the litigation is struck when European Court of Justice (ECJ) decided to protect the constitutional structure of European Union. It notes that EP's law-making processes cannot revise original provisions in the treaty.