Brussels, 01/10/2014 (Agence Europe) - The essence of the EU economic model is a balance between the competitiveness of the European labour market and the social protection of workers. This is the principle that the commissioner-designate for employment, social affairs, skills and workers' mobility, Marianne Thyssen, intends to apply as the thread running through all she does in the new European Commission. During her hearing at the European Parliament's employment and social affairs...