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: No puedo negar que en años pasados hemos observado cierta carencia por parte del Gobierno griego en lo relativo a la aplicación del nuevo reglamento y del reglamento anterior para la participación de los representantes de la sociedad civil.

SOLUTION: Why would I not say that we have noticed in previous years, on the part of the Greek Government, some shortcomings in the application of the new Regulation and the previous regulation in terms of involving representatives of civil society?

PROBLEM: Desde 1992, venimos diciendo: éste es el tema de este debate.

SOLUTION: We have been saying this ourselves since back in 1992: this is the topic of this debate.

PROBLEM: Ya en la Conferencia Intergubernamental los temas de política social se afrontan de una forma más amplia, y creo que nos encontramos en una nueva fase, donde la política social va a constituir, en gran medida, una política europea.

SOLUTION:
Already at the Intergovernmental Conference, social policy issues are being addressed more broadly and I believe we are in a new phase, in which social policy will, to a large extent, become a European policy.