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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10594

14 April 2012
Contents Publication in full By article 14 / 24
EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) argentina/spain
Commission backs Spain over Repsol YPF question

Brussels, 13/04/2012 (Agence Europe) - Tension between Spain and Argentina caused by rumours that YPF, an Argentinian subsidiary of the joint Spanish/Argentinian oil giant Repsol YPF, suddenly took a turn for the worse on Friday 13 April, when the Argentinian ambassador was called to address the Spanish government in Madrid.

Trouble had been building up for weeks between the two, traditionally friendly, countries but has now degenerated into a diplomatic crisis, in which the European...