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).
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Question: Todos reconocen -y ése era el tema del debate de hoy- que, para que la Unión Europea desempeñe un papel más activo y directivo en las políticas de desarrollo a escala internacional, deberá necesariamente fortalecer la coherencia de sus diversas políticas que contribuyen a la consecución de los objetivos del desarrollo.

Answer: Everyone recognises, indeed this was the theme of today' s debate, that, if the European Union is to play a more active and leading role in development policies at world level, it will have no choice but to enhance the coherence of its own various development-related policies.


Question: (El Parlamento manifiesta su conformidad)

Answer: (Parliament gave its assent)


Question: En primer lugar, tal vez unas pocas palabras sobre el tema del fundamento jurídico.

Answer:
First, perhaps, I should say something on the question of the legal base.