On 28/09/2011 in Strasbourg, José Manuel Barroso, President of the EC, discussed with some Members of the EP and of the EC, prior to the State of the Union Address 2011 entitled "European Renewal" at the EP plenary session. Viviane Reding, Vice-President of the EC in charge of Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, Maroš Šefčovič, Vice-President of the EC in charge of Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration, Jerzy Buzek, President of the EP, Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the EC, Connie Hedegaard, Member of the EC in charge of Climate Action, and Siim Kallas, Vice-President of the EC in charge of Transport, were notably present on this occasion.