Brussels, 21/06/2005 (Agence Europe) - “Modernising the European Social Model Initiative” to help EU countries move forward in a world in constant evolution. It was on this theme that Employment Commissioner Vladimir Spidla explained his views at the 2005 Jean- Jacques Rousseau Lecture of the Lisbon Council, on 20 May in Brussels. Mr Spidla believes the European social model is not “necrophilic” but is all for life. He sees it as being synonymous with freedom, a bearer of change,...