10/05/2016 (Agence Europe) - Commission Thyssen takes part in Washington round table. From 10 May until Thursday 12 May, the Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility, Marianne Thyssen, will be on official visit in Washington DC, United States, for round table talks on long term unemployment. In the EU, long-term unemployment accounts for half of all those unemployed, whilst in the US, it accounts for one quarter of the total number of unemployed. Ms Thyssen is...