Overseas Obstacles for F-35 Still to Come?

This recent Hill article points out that some of our European allies involved in the joint production of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighters may be having second thoughts, due to the economic crisis and increasing political obstacles...
It strikes me that our allies in this project may be easier to stop than the Pentagon...
http://thehill.com/the-executive/fighters-path-could-get-bumpy-as-foreign-partners-facing-pressures-2009-06-04.html