Deadlines have no credibility. What we have to concentrate on is getting the job done. |
Fundamentally, it is a question of basic political will. |
I would not want to over-exaggerate (but) ... they represent a degree of momentum. Let's see whether there is the appetite there to really try and move it forward. |
In the area of market access we have not even gotten to a zone where you can see a deal. |
It was not a bad week as these things go, perhaps even a little better than anticipated. |
We are not in anything that I can recognize as a closing zone. |
We are still drifting toward a rock. There is a genuine effort to get the engine restarted but I haven't heard any engines restarted yet. |
You don't close divergences by taking time off to have a cup of tea. If you do so, you will find that everybody has moved backward in the meantime. |