10/01/2002 (Agence Europe) - Speaking to a group of Spanish journalists, European External Relations Commissioner Chris Patten stressed, according to the EFE Agency, that the current crisis in Argentina is "more political than economic". He hoped that it would not hold up the negotiation of an EU/Mercosur agreement. In his view, the EU can help Argentina, mainly by contributing to the development of "institutional infrastructures" and by encouraging the diversification of exports from...