EU commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Viviane Reding talks during a joint press conference on 'the Single Market Act and the Citizenship Report' with EU commissioner for Internal Market and Services Michel Barnier (unseen) on October 27, 2010 at the EU Headquarters in Brussels. European Commission Vice President Viviane Reding has slammed a Franco-German compromise on reform of the EU Stability and Growth pact as "irresponsible," in an interview to appear on October 27. AFP PHOTO / GEORGES GOBET