Part of the problem is that they rushed into this agreement.

They really do have the Europeans over a barrel. They could send these Europeans packing and say, 'Listen you guys abused us with that agreement and now you're paying the consequences. So don't come crying to us because we're not going to help you.

The idea of the cluster is to soften the blow of Europe losing employment in the production area. And it'll pay off by giving Europe's weavers and other raw material suppliers a ready market.

It was too treacherous. It was unsafe. All the coaches, except one, were in agreement (to stop the meet).

We are going to try for a while to reach a bilateral agreement.

Our view that the Good Friday agreement is in free fall remains, and clearly this is a matter for considerable concern,