Brussels, 24/04/2006 (Agence Europe) - EU Social Affairs and Employment Commissioner, Vladimir Spidla, is trying to encourage the economic and social modernisation of the European Union, and addressed the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) at its plenary in Brussels on 21 April on this subject. He started off by telling the EESC that it was the best representation of society, going on to outline the European Commission's work programme on economic and social issues for the next...