Fundamentally, it is a question of basic political will.

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.

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.

Deadlines have no credibility. What we have to concentrate on is getting the job done.

We are not in anything that I can recognize as a closing zone.

It was not a bad week as these things go, perhaps even a little better than anticipated.