Expect grumbling and months of horse trading as recommendations are turned into legally binding directives.

预料中的抱怨和几个月来的讨价还价被具有法律约束性的指令所代替。

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EU posts are traditionally decided in a frenzy of horse trading that does not favour those who emerged early as favourites.

欧盟职位人选在传统上都是在一番激烈的争论中决定的，而这种马匹买卖式讨价还价并不有利于那些早期被看好的人。

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AFTER long days of discussions, disagreements, threats to leave and horse-trading the Copenhagen climate talks are set to end on Friday December 18th.

经过长时间的讨论，分歧，威胁离会和讨价还价，哥本哈根气候峰会谈判将于本月18日，周五结束。

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"I think that,because it looks like the top four parties are going to be relatively close to one another, it is going to require a significant amount of political maneuvering, brokering deals, a lot of horse-trading behind closed doors to form a government.

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For what we have is a process of late-stage horse trading between two parties in power.

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What will emerge from the meeting is uncertain (it lasts until February 23rd, so there is still time for horse trading).

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Stories of European leaders sleeping on sofas as diplomats wheeled and dealed filled the press, as did tales of marathon sessions of complicated horse trading by exhausted politicians.

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