PARIS – However predictable the difficult negotiations that accompany European politics may seem to be, in the end they seldom fail to surprise. A crucial European Union summit aimed at securing a deal on the EU budget for 2014-2020, the so-called multi-annual financial framework (MFF), will take place later this week, and the mood music surrounding it has been intense, to say the least.
巴黎—不管欧洲政治谈判的困难性多么显而易见，最终的结果总是不出人意料。旨在确保达成2014—2020年欧盟预算协议（即所谓的多年财政框架，MFF）的欧盟峰会将在本周晚些时候举行，这场峰会的背景基调可以用两个字形容：紧张。