Hotel rooms have been booked for the extra-long weekend. Spreadsheets are being readied. Bogus arguments and blackmail strategies are being honed. As European leaders prepare for their seven-yearly epic battle over the eu's budget, they will now be on their worst behaviour. Herman Van Rompuy, the president of the European Council, who will chair a special budget summit on November 22nd and 23rd, has told leaders to be prepared to stay in Brussels for several nights. Veterans of past budgets say reaching agreement at the first attempt would be remarkable. This time the economic crisis in the euro zone raises the stakes. A stalemate would only feed the uncertainty that already surrounds the European project.
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机译：已预订了超长周末的酒店客房。电子表格正在准备中。虚假的论点和勒索策略正在磨练。当欧洲领导人准备为期七年的关于欧盟预算的史诗般的战斗时，他们现在将处于最糟糕的行为。欧盟理事会主席赫尔曼·范龙佩（Herman Van Rompuy）将于11月22日至23日主持一次特别预算峰会，他已告诉领导人准备在布鲁塞尔待上几个晚上。过去预算的资深人士说，第一次尝试就达成协议将是非同寻常的。这次，欧元区的经济危机增加了风险。僵局只会加剧欧洲项目已经存在的不确定性。
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