Brussels, 17/05/2000 (Agence Europe) - Having presented it to the European Parliament (see other article on pp.11/12) the European Commissioner for external relations Chris Patten presented to the press the Commission's communication on the reform of the management of EU aid. So as to prove the need and urgency of the reform, he painted a very bleak picture of this aid and its effectiveness. He placed emphasis on the shortcomings and especially the delays by which funding already decided...