TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you are given a sentence in Spanish and your task is to translate it into English. In translation, keep the numbers and capitalization (capitalize only the first word of each sentence and name).
PROBLEM: Desde ese momento hasta la segunda lectura de hoy, muchas personas han trabajado duramente en el tema en el Parlamento Europeo, la Comisión Europea y el Consejo de Ministros.

SOLUTION: A great deal of work has been carried out between then and this second reading by numerous Members of the European Parliament, the European Commission and the Council of Ministers.

PROBLEM: Podremos comprobar quién esta dispuesto a votar a favor de una retroactividad de dudosa legalidad, que supondría una costosa carga para los futuros compradores de automóviles y un golpe devastador para la industria automovilística europea.

SOLUTION: We can see who is prepared to vote for a retrospection which is of doubtful legality, which would be a costly burden to every future car buyer and a devastating blow for the European car industry.

PROBLEM: La primera de esas críticas y, a mi juicio, la más severa, es una cierta propensión a la autosatisfacción, algo grandilocuente de la Comisión en lo que respecta a la Unión Europea y a una visión somera, si no condescendiente, de nuestros socios.

SOLUTION:
The first and most serious criticism concerns the Commission' s propensity for rather grandiloquent self-satisfaction with regard to the European Union and for a cursory and even condescending view of our partners.