Differences DO need to be worked out, but not at the expense of an Ecumenical "kumbaya" feel good solution.
There are more serious problems here than you seem to realize. I am all for reunion, PROVIDED that all of these issues are addressed FULLY. You also cannot expect the bad feelings and injustices of the last 1000 years to go away overnight, just because the Pope and the EP are making nice.
"Differences DO need to be worked out, but not at the expense of an Ecumenical "kumbaya" feel good solution."
But the dialog was cut off for several years, much to the dismay of the kumbaya crowd over the Uniate issue. Nobody is afraid to tackle the real issues which divide us because no one wants another False Union of Florence. It is also the reason that the biggest impediment to any further dialog is being discussed in these meetings, namely the proper exercise of the Petrine Ministry. Without a resolution of that, all other theological and ecclesiological discussions become intellectual exercises in wasting time.