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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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El único mérito de esta directiva consiste en prever el futuro.
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The only merit of this directive is that it looks to the future.


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Esta situación es particularmente grave para países como Portugal, en el que las pensiones y las jubilaciones mínimas poco superan la mitad del salario mínimo nacional, que, a su vez, es el más bajo de toda la Unión Europea.
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This situation is particularly serious in countries such as Portugal where the minimum pensions and pension schemes are barely more than half of the minimum national wage which in turn, is the lowest in the whole of Europe.


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Voy a verificar lo que su Señoría indica en su observación y, si le parece, al mismo tiempo le daré una respuesta, por escrito, a su pregunta, como he prometido al Sr. MacCormick.
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I will verify this point and, if you wish, I will give you a written answer at the same time as the one I have promised to Mr MacCormick.