TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you are given a sentence in English and your task is to translate it into Spanish. In translation, keep the numbers and capitalization (capitalize only the first word of each sentence and name).
PROBLEM: I would like to address Mr Poettering and also, indirectly, Mr Martens, a compatriot and former colleague.

SOLUTION: Quisiera dirigirme al Sr. Poettering e indirectamente al Sr. Martens, que es un compatriota y que ha sido nuestro colega.

PROBLEM: In our amendments, we have stated the importance of the necessary synergies being produced between the Structural Funds, the Cohesion Fund and Community initiatives, so that their application should be reflected, in the best and most profitable way, by the gradual elimination of disparities between regions and by the creation of jobs which are, when all is said and done, the two central purposes of the funds we are discussing.

SOLUTION: En nuestras enmiendas hemos fijado la importancia que para nosotros tiene el que se produzcan las necesarias sinergias entre los Fondos estructurales, el Fondo de Cohesión y las iniciativas comunitarias, de forma que su aplicación se vea reflejada de manera óptima, de la manera más rentable, en la progresiva eliminación de desigualdades entre regiones y en la creación de puestos de trabajo que, en definitiva, son los dos propósitos fundamentales de los fondos de los que estamos hablando.

PROBLEM: Reading only one sentence which my friend, Mr Vidal-Quadras, has previously mentioned, "The nation is defined by its location, culture and race, locally, ethnically and culturally."

SOLUTION:
Leo tan sólo una frase que mi amigo Vidal-Quadras ha leído antes que yo: "La patria se define por su lugar, por su cultura y por la raza, local, étnica y culturalmente" .