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: En primer lugar, como ha resaltado mi colega el Sr. Bowis, es retroactiva y errónea de principio.

Answer: First of all, as my colleague Mr Bowis has pointed out, it is retrospective and that is wrong in principle.


Question: Por mi parte, me ceñiré a un tema que no ha abordado y que estaba previsto, que es el programa de trabajo de la Comisión para este año 2000.

Answer: I myself want to refer to a subject which has not been mentioned but which is on the agenda, namely the Commission' s work programme for 2000.


Question: Efectivamente, sorprende totalmente comprobar que la Unión haya podido negociar para sus Estados miembros un acuerdo donde uno de los aspectos esenciales haya sido lisa y llanamente dejado en blanco.

Answer:
It is perfectly astounding that the Union could have negotiated an agreement on behalf of the Member States in which a fundamental section is quite simply left blank.