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: Señor Presidente, señora Comisaria, Señorías, el objetivo de poner a punto una estrategia para modernizar la protección social en la Unión Europea es, sin duda, acertado.

Answer: Mr President, Commissioner, the aim of developing a coordinated strategy for modernising social protection in the European Union is certainly an admirable one.


Question: Y más aún hoy, cuando Europa debe dotarse de una nueva política de derechos de autor y afines, urge -lo acaban de subrayar en varias oportunidades- definir y volver a definir lo que es un autor.

Answer: In addition, at a time when Europe faces the task of defining a new policy on copyright and neighbouring rights, there is an urgent need - as has just been pointed out several times - to define and redefine what exactly an author is.


Question: Ayer por la tarde firmé una carta en la reunión de la Mesa del Parlamento en la que se informaba a los asistentes al respecto.

Answer:
I signed a letter yesterday afternoon, in the meeting of the Bureau of Parliament, in which the assistants were informed of this.