Brussels, 24/09/2004 (Agence Europe) - Before his hearing at the European Parliament on 27 September (as the first member of Barroso's team to be put in the hot seat), Vladimir Spidla, Commissioner-designate for employment, social affairs and equal opportunities, responded like his colleagues to written questions from MEPs. He recalls that, during the "period of transition from totalitarianism to social democracy", he had for six years taken part in the "creation of modern employment...