Their history textbooks, even those produced with EU subsidies, will tell a glorious though mythical story of centuries of national struggle culminating on this day.

他们的历史教科书（虽然是靠欧盟津贴印制的）将讲述一个民族长达几个世纪不屈不挠的斗争，直到成就了今天的辉煌顶点。

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They may also produce more history than the EU can digest.

他们创造的历史也可能让欧盟难以承受。

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Unfortunately, the EU has a history of dreadful rows over top jobs.

不幸的是，在高层职务人选这一问题上，欧盟有一段令人恐怖的争吵史。

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For the first time in the EU's history there will be a real-terms cut in the budget.

BBC: EU budget: National interests trump solidarity

Friday's agreement - which required the backing of all 27 members - represents the first reduction in the EU's multi-annual budget in its history and comes after EU leaders failed to agree a deal in November amid deep divisions over proposed austerity measures.

BBC: David Cameron urges MEPs to back EU budget cut

Discussing the often "inward-looking" history of EU negotiations, Mr Gordon said that "referendums have often turned countries inward".

BBC: Nick Clegg: UK 'valuable' to US partly because of EU